Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Μοῖσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μοῖσα

Structure: Μοις (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: aeolic for Mou=sa

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐμοὶ μὲν ὦν Μοῖσα καρτερώτατον βέλοσ ἀλκᾷ τρέφει· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 30:1)
  • Μοῖσα δ’ οὕτω ποι παρέστα μοι νεοσίγαλον εὑρόντι τρόπον Δωρίῳ φωνὰν ἐναρμόξαι πεδίλῳ ἀγλαόκωμον. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 3 1:2)
  • Μοῖσα, καὶ πὰρ Δεινομένει κελαδῆσαι πίθεό μοι ποινὰν τεθρίππων. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 1 19:3)
  • αὔξεται καὶ Μοῖσα δι’ ἀγγελίασ ὀρθᾶσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 86:3)
  • Μοῖσα δ’ οὐκ ἀποδαμεῖ τρόποισ ἐπὶ σφετέροισι· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 10 12:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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