Μαυσωλεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mau̯.sɔː.lêː.on/ → /maɸ.soˈli.on/ → /maf.soˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mau̯.sɔː.lêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maʍ.soˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maɸ.soˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maf.soˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maf.soˈli.on/

Proper noun

Μαυσωλεῖον • (Mausōleîon) n (genitive Μαυσωλείου); second declension

1. the Mausoleum of Mausolus in Halicarnassus

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Μαυσωλεῖον; τοῦ Μαυσωλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Μαυσωλεῖον tò Mausōleîon
Genitive	τοῦ Μαυσωλείου toû Mausōleíou
Dative	τῷ Μαυσωλείῳ tôi Mausōleíōi
Accusative	τὸ Μαυσωλεῖον tò Mausōleîon
Vocative	Μαυσωλεῖον Mausōleîon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μαυσώλλειος (Mausṓlleios)

Descendants

• Greek: μαυσωλείο (mafsoleío)
• Latin: Mausōlēum
• Turkish: mozole

References

• “Μαυσωλεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μαυσωλεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers