μῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognates include Latin mūs, Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ), Old Armenian մուկն (mukn) and Old English mūs (English mouse).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /mý͜ys/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /myːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /mys/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /mys/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /mis/

Noun

μῦς (genitive μυός) m, third declension; (mūs)

1. mouse
2. A type of mussel
3. A type of whale
4. muscle

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μῦς	μύε	μύες
Genitive	μυός	μυοῖν	μυῶν
Dative	μυΐ	μυοῖν	μυσί(ν)
Accusative	μῦν	μύε	μῦς
Vocative	μῦ	μυοῖν	μύες

References

• LSJ
• BDAG