μύτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Bailly derives the word from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close, shut”), though the word could perhaps be from Pre-Greek and related to μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mý.tis/ → /ˈmy.tis/ → /ˈmi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mý.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tis/

Noun

μύτῐς • (mútis) f (genitive μύτῐδος); third declension

1. that part of molluscs that answers to the liver
2. snout

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μῠ́τῐς; τῆς μῠ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠ́τῐς hē mútis	τὼ μῠ́τῐδε tṑ mútide	αἱ μῠ́τῐδες hai mútides
Genitive	τῆς μῠ́τῐδος tês mútidos	τοῖν μῠτῐ́δοιν toîn mutídoin	τῶν μῠτῐ́δων tôn mutídōn
Dative	τῇ μῠ́τῐδῐ têi mútidi	τοῖν μῠτῐ́δοιν toîn mutídoin	ταῖς μῠ́τῐσῐ / μῠ́τῐσῐν taîs mútisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠ́τῐδᾰ tḕn mútida	τὼ μῠ́τῐδε tṑ mútide	τᾱ̀ς μῠ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s mútidas
Vocative	μῠ́τῐς mútis	μῠ́τῐδε mútide	μῠ́τῐδες mútides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: μύτη (mýti)

Further reading

• “μύτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μύτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette