According to Beekes, related to Armenian մոզի (mozi, “two-year-old bull”) and maybe from a Proto-Indo-European *mosǵʰ-o- (“young of an animal; young shoot”) root.
μόσχος • (móskhos) m (genitive μόσχου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μόσχος ho móskhos |
τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō |
οἱ μόσχοι hoi móskhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μόσχου toû móskhou |
τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin |
τῶν μόσχων tôn móskhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μόσχῳ tôi móskhōi |
τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin |
τοῖς μόσχοις toîs móskhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μόσχον tòn móskhon |
τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō |
τοὺς μόσχους toùs móskhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μόσχε móskhe |
μόσχω móskhō |
μόσχοι móskhoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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From Middle Persian (mwšk' /*mušk/), itself from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”). Compare also μύσχον (múskhon, “genitalia”).
μόσχος • (móskhos) m (genitive μόσχου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μόσχος ho móskhos |
τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō |
οἱ μόσχοι hoi móskhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μόσχου toû móskhou |
τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin |
τῶν μόσχων tôn móskhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μόσχῳ tôi móskhōi |
τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin |
τοῖς μόσχοις toîs móskhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μόσχον tòn móskhon |
τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō |
τοὺς μόσχους toùs móskhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μόσχε móskhe |
μόσχω móskhō |
μόσχοι móskhoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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