Μοσσύνοικοι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μοσύνοικοι (Mosúnoikoi)

Etymology

From μόσσῡν (móssūn, “wooden tower”) +‎ οἰκέω (oikéō, “to dwell, live”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mos.sy̌ː.noi̯.koi̯/ → /mosˈsy.ny.cy/ → /moˈsi.ni.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mos.sy̌ː.noi̯.koi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mosˈsy.ny.ky/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mosˈsy.ny.cy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mosˈsy.ny.cy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈsi.ni.ci/

Noun

Μοσσῡ́νοικοι • (Mossū́noikoi) m pl (genitive Μοσσῡνοίκων); first declension

1. Mossynoeci, a tribe of Pontus

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Μοσσῡ́νοικοι; τῶν Μοσσῡνοίκων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Μοσσῡ́νοικοι hoi Mossū́noikoi
Genitive	τῶν Μοσσῡνοίκων tôn Mossūnoíkōn
Dative	τοῖς Μοσσῡνοίκοις toîs Mossūnoíkois
Accusative	τοὺς Μοσσῡνοίκους toùs Mossūnoíkous
Vocative	Μοσσῡ́νοικοι Mossū́noikoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mossȳnoecī

Further reading

• “Μοσσύνοικοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Μοσσύνοικοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette