μῦς

See also: μυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σμῦς (smûs)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *mū́s, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs (“mouse”). Cognates include Latin mūs, Sanskrit मूष् (mū́ṣ), Old Armenian մուկն (mukn) and Old English mūs (English mouse).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mŷːs/ → /ˈmys/ → /ˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mŷːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmis/

Noun

μῦς • (mûs) m (genitive μῠός); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension of ὁ μῦς; τοῦ μῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῦς ho mûs	τὼ μῠ́ε / μῦ tṑ mŭ́e / mû	οἱ μῠ́ες / μῦς hoi mŭ́es / mûs
Genitive	τοῦ μῠός toû mŭós	τοῖν μῠοῖν toîn mŭoîn	τῶν μῠῶν tôn mŭôn
Dative	τῷ μῠῐ̈́ / μυί tōî mŭĭ̈́ / muí	τοῖν μῠοῖν toîn mŭoîn	τοῖς μῠσῐ́ / μῠσῐ́ν toîs mŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν μῦν tòn mûn	τὼ μῠ́ε / μῦ tṑ mŭ́e / mû	τοὺς μῦς / μῠ́ᾰς toùs mûs / mŭ́ăs
Vocative	μῦ mû	μῠ́ε / μῦ mŭ́e / mû	μῠ́ες / μῦς mŭ́es / mûs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of μῦς; μῠός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μῦς mûs	μῠ́ε mŭ́e	μῠ́ες mŭ́es
Genitive	μῠός mŭós	μῠοῖῐ̈ν mŭoîĭ̈n	μῠῶν mŭôn
Dative	μῠῐ̈́ / μυί mŭĭ̈́ / muí	μῠοῖῐ̈ν mŭoîĭ̈n	μῠσῐ́ / μῠσῐ́ν / μῠσσῐ́ / μῠσσῐ́ν / μῠ́εσσῐ / μῠ́εσσῐν mŭsĭ́(n) / mŭssĭ́(n) / mŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	μῦν mûn	μῠ́ε mŭ́e	μῠ́ᾰς / μῦς mŭ́ăs / mûs
Vocative	μῦ mû	μῠ́ε mŭ́e	μῠ́ες mŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ μῦς; τοῦ μῠός (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῦς ho mûs	τὼ μῠ́ε tṑ mŭ́e	οἱ μῠ́ες / μῦες hoi mŭ́es / mûes
Genitive	τοῦ μῠός toû mŭós	τοῖν μῠοῖν toîn mŭoîn	τῶν μῠῶν tôn mŭôn
Dative	τῷ μῠῐ̈́ / μυί tōî mŭĭ̈́ / muí	τοῖν μῠοῖν toîn mŭoîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μῠσῐ́ / μῠσῐ́ν toîsĭ(n) mŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν μῦν tòn mûn	τὼ μῠ́ε tṑ mŭ́e	τοὺς μῠ́ᾰς / μῦς toùs mŭ́ăs / mûs
Vocative	μῦ mû	μῠ́ε mŭ́e	μῠ́ες / μῦες mŭ́es / mûes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• βᾰτρᾰχομῠομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (bătrăkhomŭomăkhĭ́ā)
• μῠᾰ́γρᾱ (mŭắgrā)
• μῠ́ᾰγρον (mŭ́ăgron)
• μῠᾰ́γρος (mŭắgros)
• μῠ́ᾰγρος (mŭ́ăgros)
• μῡγᾰλέη (mūgăléē)
• μῠῐ̈́δῐον (mŭĭ̈́dĭon)
• μῠ́ῐ̈νος (mŭ́ĭ̈nos)
• μῠοβᾰτρᾰχομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (mŭobătrăkhomăkhĭ́ā)
• μῠοδρέπᾰνον (mŭodrépănon)
• μῠοσωτῐ́ς (mŭosōtĭ́s)
• μῡών (mūṓn)
• μῠωξῐ́ᾱ (mŭōxĭ́ā)

Descendants

• Greek: μυς (mys)
• → Latin: mūsculus (“small mouse; muscle”) (semantic loan)
• →? Old Georgian: თაგუნი (taguni, “muscle”, literally “small mouse”) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “μῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • mouse idem, page 544.
  • muscle idem, page 547.
  • shell idem, page 764.
• μῦς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011