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Μοῦσα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μοῦσα Μοῦσης

Structure: Μους (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: Ma/w

Sense

  1. the Muse, the Muses
  2. music, song, eloquence, arts, accomplishments

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Μοῦσα Μούσᾱ Μοῦσαι
Genitive Μούσης Μούσαιν Μουσῶν
Dative Μούσῃ Μούσαιν Μούσαις
Accusative Μοῦσαν Μούσᾱ Μούσᾱς
Vocative Μοῦσα Μούσᾱ Μοῦσαι

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

  • θεαὶ δ’ ἐξῆρχον ἀοιδῆσ Μοῦσαι Πιερίδεσ, λιγὺ μελπομένῃσ ἐικυῖαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 21:5)
  • περῶσα γὰρ δὴ ποταμίουσ διὰ ῥοὰσ λέκτροισ ἐπλάθην Στρυμόνοσ φυταλμίοισ, ὅτ’ ἤλθομεν γῆσ χρυσόβωλον ἐσ λέπασ Πάγγαιον ὀργάνοισιν ἐξησκημέναι Μοῦσαι μεγίστην εἰσ ἔριν μελῳδίασ κείνῳ σοφιστῇ Θρῃκί, κἀκτυφλώσαμεν Θάμυριν, ὃσ ἡμῶν πόλλ’ ἐδέννασεν τέχνην. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 1:3)
  • καίτοι πόλιν σὴν σύγγονοι πρεσβεύομεν Μοῦσαι μάλιστα κἀπιχρώμεθα χθονί, μυστηρίων τε τῶν ἀπορρήτων φανὰσ ἔδειξεν Ὀρφεύσ, αὐτανέψιοσ νεκροῦ τοῦδ’ ὃν κατακτείνεισ σύ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 3:2)
  • μοῦσαι Πιερίηθεν ἀοιδῇσιν κλείουσαι δεῦτε, Δί’ ἐννέπετε, σφέτερον πατέρ’ ὑμνείουσαι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 2:1)
  • Μοῦσαι γάρ μ’ ἐδίδαξαν ἀθέσφατον ὕμνον ἀείδειν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 72:9)

Synonyms

  1. the Muse

Related

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

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