μουσική
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /muː.si.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mu.siˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mu.siˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mu.siˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mu.siˈci/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
μουσῐκή • (mousĭkḗ)
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of μουσικός (mousikós)
Etymology 2
By ellipsis from μουσικὴ τέχνη (mousikḕ tékhnē) from μουσικός (mousikós, “musical”) from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Noun
μουσῐκή • (mousĭkḗ) f (genitive μουσῐκῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μουσῐκή hē mousĭkḗ |
τὼ μουσῐκᾱ́ tṑ mousĭkā́ |
αἱ μουσῐκαί hai mousĭkaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μουσῐκῆς tês mousĭkês |
τοῖν μουσῐκαῖν toîn mousĭkaîn |
τῶν μουσῐκῶν tôn mousĭkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μουσῐκῇ têi mousĭkêi |
τοῖν μουσῐκαῖν toîn mousĭkaîn |
ταῖς μουσῐκαῖς taîs mousĭkaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μουσῐκήν tḕn mousĭkḗn |
τὼ μουσῐκᾱ́ tṑ mousĭkā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μουσῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s mousĭkā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μουσῐκή mousĭkḗ |
μουσῐκᾱ́ mousĭkā́ |
μουσῐκαί mousĭkaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Arabic: مُوسِيقَى (mūsīqā)
- Greek: μουσική (mousikí)
- Pontic Greek: μουσική (mousikí)
- → Latin: mūsica (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “μουσική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μουσική”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μουσική in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- art idem, page 42.
- concert idem, page 155.
- counterpart idem, page 177.
- letter idem, page 486.
- literature idem, page 494.
- music idem, page 547.
- scholarship idem, page 739.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
μουσική • (mousikí) f (plural μουσικές)
- the subject and art of music
- the music as opposed to the lyrics
- a band or orchestra
- a genre of music
- sheet music, score
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μουσική (mousikí) | μουσικές (mousikés) |
| genitive | μουσικής (mousikís) | μουσικών (mousikón) |
| accusative | μουσική (mousikí) | μουσικές (mousikés) |
| vocative | μουσική (mousikí) | μουσικές (mousikés) |
Related terms
- μουσικός (mousikós, “music, musical”)
Further reading
μουσική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Adjective
μουσική • (mousikí)
- nominative/accusative/vocative singular of μουσικός (mousikós)