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μύκης

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μύκης μύκητος

Structure: μυκητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. A mushroom or other fungus.
  2. Any mushroom-shaped object.

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μύκης μύκητε μύκητες
Genitive μύκητος μυκήτοιν μυκήτων
Dative μύκητι μυκήτοιν μύκησιν*
Accusative μύκητα μύκητε μύκητας
Vocative μύκη μύκητε μύκητες

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

  • ἔπεισι γοῦν τοῖσιν λύχνοισ οὑτοιὶ μύκητεσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, prelude23)
  • "φύονται δὲ οἱ μύκητεσ γηγενεῖσ καὶ εἰσιν αὐτῶν ἐδώδιμοι ὀλίγοι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5274)
  • "ἵν’ ὥσπερ οἱ μύκητεσ ἀποπνίξαιμί σε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5284)
  • "φησὶ δὲ καὶ ὅτι ἐν τῇ περὶ Ἡρακλέουσ στήλασ θαλάσσῃ ὅταν ὕδατα πλείω γένηται, μύκητεσ φύονται πρὸσ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, οὓσ καὶ ἀπολιθοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου φησί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52102)

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