Μοσσύνοικοι
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μοσύνοικοι (Mosúnoikoi)
Etymology
From μόσσῡν (móssūn, “wooden tower”) + οἰκέω (oikéō, “to dwell, live”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mos.sy̌ː.noi̯.koi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mosˈsy.ny.ky/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mosˈsy.ny.cy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mosˈsy.ny.cy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /moˈsi.ni.ci/
Noun
Μοσσῡ́νοικοι • (Mossū́noikoi) m pl (genitive Μοσσῡνοίκων); first declension
- Mossynoeci, a tribe of Pontus
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | οἱ Μοσσῡ́νοικοι hoi Mossū́noikoi | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Μοσσῡνοίκων tôn Mossūnoíkōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Μοσσῡνοίκοις toîs Mossūnoíkois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Μοσσῡνοίκους toùs Mossūnoíkous | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μοσσῡ́νοικοι Mossū́noikoi | ||||||||||||
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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