"Μοῦσα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /mûː.sa/, /ˈmu.sa/, /ˈmu.sa/, /mûː.sa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmu.sa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmu.sa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmu.sa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmu.sa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Several hypotheses exist: * From *Μονθια (*Monthia), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) + *dʰeh₁-, whence μανθάνω (manthánō). * From *Μοντια (*Montia), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower; mountain”), since all the most important cult-centres of the Muses were on mountains or hills, but Beekes finds this etymology impossible, as the root mont- 'mountain' from IE *men- is not found in Greek. * From Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with μῶμαι (mômai, “to seek after, meditate”), μαίομαι (maíomai, “to seek after”), μαιμάω (maimáō, “to be very eager”), Latin mōs, English mood, Proto-Slavic *sъmě̀ti. * Beekes suggests the possibility of a borrowing from Pre-Greek. * Swerdlow traces it back to Bohairic Coptic Egyptian mōw—apparently cognate with Hebrew משה, Moses—medieval sources mentioning that, like the prophet, “music was found by the water.” Etymology templates: {{m|grc||*Μονθια}} *Μονθια (*Monthia), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*men-||to think}} Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”), {{m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} *dʰeh₁-, {{m|grc|μανθάνω}} μανθάνω (manthánō), {{m|grc||*Μοντια}} *Μοντια (*Montia), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*men-||to tower; mountain}} Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower; mountain”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*mō-}} Proto-Indo-European *mō-, {{m|ine-pro|*mē-||endeavour, will, temper}} *mē- (“endeavour, will, temper”), {{m|grc|μῶμαι||to seek after, meditate}} μῶμαι (mômai, “to seek after, meditate”), {{m|grc|μαίομαι||to seek after}} μαίομαι (maíomai, “to seek after”), {{m|grc|μαιμάω||to be very eager}} μαιμάω (maimáō, “to be very eager”), {{cog|la|mōs}} Latin mōs, {{cog|en|mood}} English mood, {{cog|sla-pro|*sъmě̀ti}} Proto-Slavic *sъmě̀ti, {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μοῦσᾰ|Μούσης|f|first}} Μοῦσᾰ • (Moûsa) f (genitive Μούσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μοῦσᾰ|Μούσης|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|Μοῦσᾰ|Μούσης|dial=epi}} Forms: Μοῦσᾰ [canonical], Moûsa [romanization], Μούσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Μοῦσᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ Μούσᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ Μοῦσαι [nominative, plural], τῆς Μούσης [genitive, singular], τοῖν Μούσαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν Μουσῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ Μούσῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν Μούσαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς Μούσαις [dative, plural], τὴν Μοῦσᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ Μούσᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς Μούσᾱς [accusative, plural], Μοῦσᾰ [singular, vocative], Μούσᾱ [dual, vocative], Μοῦσαι [plural, vocative], Epic declension-1 [table-tags], Μοῦσᾰ [nominative, singular], Μούσᾱ [dual, nominative], Μοῦσαι [nominative, plural], Μούσης [genitive, singular], Μούσαιν [dual, genitive], Μούσαιῐν [dual, genitive], Μούσῃῐν [dual, genitive], Moúsain [dual, genitive], Moúsaiin [dual, genitive], Moúsēiin [dual, genitive], Μουσᾱ́ων [genitive, plural], Μουσέ͜ων [genitive, plural], Μουσῶν [genitive, plural], Μούσῃ [dative, singular], Μούσαιν [dative, dual], Μούσαιῐν [dative, dual], Μούσῃῐν [dative, dual], Moúsain [dative, dual], Moúsaiin [dative, dual], Moúsēiin [dative, dual], Μούσῃσῐ [dative, plural], Μούσῃσῐν [dative, plural], Μούσῃς [dative, plural], Μούσαις [dative, plural], Moúsēisi [dative, plural], Moúsēisin [dative, plural], Moúsēis [dative, plural], Moúsais [dative, plural], Μοῦσᾰν [accusative, singular], Μούσᾱ [accusative, dual], Μούσᾱς [accusative, plural], Μοῦσᾰ [singular, vocative], Μούσᾱ [dual, vocative], Μοῦσαι [plural, vocative]
  1. Muse Wikipedia link: Muse Synonyms: Μοῖσᾰ (Moîsa) [Aeolic], Μῶσᾰ (Môsa) [Doric], Μῶἁ (Môha) [Laconian] Derived forms: μουσική (mousikḗ), μουσεῖον (mouseîon)

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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mûː.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mûː.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Μοῦσα"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mousikḗ",
      "word": "μουσική"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mouseîon",
      "word": "μουσεῖον"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Muse"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Muse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Muse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Μούσα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Μούσα (Moúsa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Μούσα (Moúsa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Musa"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Musa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Musa"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "*Μονθια (*Monthia)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*men-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰeh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰeh₁-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μανθάνω"
      },
      "expansion": "μανθάνω (manthánō)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*Μοντια"
      },
      "expansion": "*Μοντια (*Montia)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*men-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to tower; mountain"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower; mountain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mō-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mō-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*mē-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "endeavour, will, temper"
      },
      "expansion": "*mē- (“endeavour, will, temper”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μῶμαι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to seek after, meditate"
      },
      "expansion": "μῶμαι (mômai, “to seek after, meditate”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μαίομαι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to seek after"
      },
      "expansion": "μαίομαι (maíomai, “to seek after”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μαιμάω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be very eager"
      },
      "expansion": "μαιμάω (maimáō, “to be very eager”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mōs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mood"
      },
      "expansion": "English mood",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*sъmě̀ti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *sъmě̀ti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Several hypotheses exist:\n* From *Μονθια (*Monthia), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) + *dʰeh₁-, whence μανθάνω (manthánō).\n* From *Μοντια (*Montia), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower; mountain”), since all the most important cult-centres of the Muses were on mountains or hills, but Beekes finds this etymology impossible, as the root mont- 'mountain' from IE *men- is not found in Greek.\n* From Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with μῶμαι (mômai, “to seek after, meditate”), μαίομαι (maíomai, “to seek after”), μαιμάω (maimáō, “to be very eager”), Latin mōs, English mood, Proto-Slavic *sъmě̀ti.\n* Beekes suggests the possibility of a borrowing from Pre-Greek.\n* Swerdlow traces it back to Bohairic Coptic Egyptian mōw—apparently cognate with Hebrew משה, Moses—medieval sources mentioning that, like the prophet, “music was found by the water.”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moûsa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Μοῦσᾰ",
      "roman": "hē Moûsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ Μούσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ Moúsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ Μοῦσαι",
      "roman": "hai Moûsai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Μούσης",
      "roman": "tês Moúsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν Μούσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn Moúsain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Μουσῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Mousôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Μούσῃ",
      "roman": "têi Moúsēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν Μούσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn Moúsain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς Μούσαις",
      "roman": "taîs Moúsais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Μοῦσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn Moûsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ Μούσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ Moúsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς Μούσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s Moúsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσᾰ",
      "roman": "Moûsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσᾱ",
      "roman": "Moúsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσαι",
      "roman": "Moûsai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσᾰ",
      "roman": "Moûsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσᾱ",
      "roman": "Moúsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσαι",
      "roman": "Moûsai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσης",
      "roman": "Moúsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσαιν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσαιῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσῃῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsaiin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsēiin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μουσᾱ́ων",
      "roman": "Mousā́ōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μουσέ͜ων",
      "roman": "Mousé͜ōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μουσῶν",
      "roman": "Mousôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσῃ",
      "roman": "Moúsēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσαιν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσαιῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσῃῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsaiin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsēiin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσῃσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσῃσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσῃς",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσαις",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsēisi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsēisin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsēis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Moúsais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσᾰν",
      "roman": "Moûsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσᾱ",
      "roman": "Moúsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσᾱς",
      "roman": "Moúsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσᾰ",
      "roman": "Moûsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μούσᾱ",
      "roman": "Moúsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μοῦσαι",
      "roman": "Moûsai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μοῦσᾰ",
        "2": "Μούσης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "Μοῦσᾰ • (Moûsa) f (genitive Μούσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μοῦσᾰ",
        "2": "Μούσης",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μοῦσᾰ",
        "2": "Μούσης",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Muse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Muse",
          "Muse"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Muse"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mûː.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mûː.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Moîsa",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "Μοῖσᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Môsa",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "Μῶσᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Môha",
      "tags": [
        "Laconian"
      ],
      "word": "Μῶἁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Μοῦσα"
}

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