μουσεῖον

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Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 23 April 2016

Etymology

Use as a common noun of Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μουσεῖον • (mouseîon) n (genitive μουσείου); second declension

  1. a home of music or poetry
    1. a choir
    2. (generally) a school of art or letters
      1. of Athens
  2. a museum, i.e. a philosophical school and library
    1. used of the Platonic Academy
    2. used of the Musaeum at Alexandria

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μουσεῖον; τοῦ μουσείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μουσεῖον
tò mouseîon 		τὼ μουσείω
tṑ mouseíō 		τᾰ̀ μουσεῖᾰ
tà mouseîa
Genitive τοῦ μουσείου
toû mouseíou 		τοῖν μουσείοιν
toîn mouseíoin 		τῶν μουσείων
tôn mouseíōn
Dative τῷ μουσείῳ
tôi mouseíōi 		τοῖν μουσείοιν
toîn mouseíoin 		τοῖς μουσείοις
toîs mouseíois
Accusative τὸ μουσεῖον
tò mouseîon 		τὼ μουσείω
tṑ mouseíō 		τᾰ̀ μουσεῖᾰ
tà mouseîa
Vocative μουσεῖον
mouseîon 		μουσείω
mouseíō 		μουσεῖᾰ
mouseîa
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: μουσείο (mouseío)
  • Latin: mūsēum, mūsīvum

References

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