μνάσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μναύσιον (mnaúsion)

Etymology

From Egyptian mnw (“aromatic plant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mná.si.on/ → /ˈmna.si.on/ → /ˈmna.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mná.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/

Noun

μνᾰ́σῐον • (mnásion) n (genitive μνᾰ́σῐ́ου); second declension

1. earth almond (Cyperus esculentus), nutgrass

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnásion	τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnasíō	τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tà mnásia
Genitive	τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου toû mnasíou	τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnasíoin	τῶν μνᾰσῐ́ων tôn mnasíōn
Dative	τῷ μνᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi mnasíōi	τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnasíoin	τοῖς μνᾰσῐ́οις toîs mnasíois
Accusative	τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnásion	τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnasíō	τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tà mnásia
Vocative	μνᾰ́σῐον mnásion	μνᾰσῐ́ω mnasíō	μνᾰ́σῐᾰ mnásia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μνάσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μνάσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN