"μύσταξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μύσταξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mýs.taks/, /ˈmys.taks/, /ˈmis.taks/, /mýs.taks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmys.taks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmys.taks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmys.taks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmis.taks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: According to Beekes, both the variants listed in the alternative forms section suggest a Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|μύστᾰκος|m|third|head=μύστᾰξ}} μύστᾰξ • (mústăx) m (genitive μύστᾰκος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μύστᾰξ|μύστᾰκος|form=M}} Forms: μύστᾰξ [canonical], mústăx [romanization], μύστᾰκος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ [nominative, singular], τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε [dual, nominative], οἱ μῠ́στᾰκες [nominative, plural], τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος [genitive, singular], τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μῠστᾰ́κων [genitive, plural], τῷ μῠ́στᾰκῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μῠ́στᾰξῐ [dative, plural], μῠ́στᾰξῐν [dative, plural], toîs mŭ́stăxĭ [dative, plural], toîs mŭ́stăxĭn [dative, plural], τὸν μῠ́στᾰκᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε [accusative, dual], τοὺς μῠ́στᾰκᾰς [accusative, plural], μῠ́στᾰξ [singular, vocative], μῠ́στᾰκε [dual, vocative], μῠ́στᾰκες [plural, vocative]
  1. upper lip or moustache Categories (topical): Moustaches Synonyms: βύσταξ (bústax), μύττακες (múttakes)

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "μουστάκιον",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Byzantine Greek: μουστάκιον (moustákion)\nGreek: μουστάκι (moustáki)\nPontic Greek: μουστάκιν (moustákin), μουστάκι (moustáki), μουστάκ' (mousták')\n→ Laz: მუსტაკი (musťaǩi), მუსტაჭი (musťaç̌i)\n→ Medieval Latin: mustācium (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Byzantine Greek: μουστάκιον (moustákion)\nGreek: μουστάκι (moustáki)\nPontic Greek: μουστάκιν (moustákin), μουστάκι (moustáki), μουστάκ' (mousták')\n→ Laz: მუსტაკი (musťaǩi), მუსტაჭი (musťaç̌i)\n→ Medieval Latin: mustācium (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mystacial",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: mystacial",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: mystacial"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "mystaciale",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ French: mystaciale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ French: mystaciale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Beekes, both the variants listed in the alternative forms section suggest a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μύστᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mústăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μύστᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho mŭ́stăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ mŭ́stăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μῠ́στᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi mŭ́stăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû mŭ́stăkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mŭstắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μῠστᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn mŭstắkōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μῠ́στᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi mŭ́stăkĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mŭstắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μῠ́στᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mŭ́stăxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mŭ́stăxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μῠ́στᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn mŭ́stăkă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ mŭ́stăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μῠ́στᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs mŭ́stăkăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰξ",
      "roman": "mŭ́stăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰκε",
      "roman": "mŭ́stăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰκες",
      "roman": "mŭ́stăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μύστᾰκος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "μύστᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "μύστᾰξ • (mústăx) m (genitive μύστᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μύστᾰξ",
        "2": "μύστᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Moustaches",
          "orig": "grc:Moustaches",
          "parents": [
            "Face",
            "Fashion",
            "Hair",
            "Head and neck",
            "Clothing",
            "Culture",
            "Body parts",
            "Human",
            "Society",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upper lip or moustache"
      ],
      "id": "en-μύσταξ-grc-noun-fLuzVfK-",
      "links": [
        [
          "upper lip",
          "upper lip"
        ],
        [
          "moustache",
          "moustache"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "bústax",
          "word": "βύσταξ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "múttakes",
          "word": "μύττακες"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mýs.taks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmis.taks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mýs.taks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmis.taks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μύσταξ"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "μουστάκιον",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Byzantine Greek: μουστάκιον (moustákion)\nGreek: μουστάκι (moustáki)\nPontic Greek: μουστάκιν (moustákin), μουστάκι (moustáki), μουστάκ' (mousták')\n→ Laz: მუსტაკი (musťaǩi), მუსტაჭი (musťaç̌i)\n→ Medieval Latin: mustācium (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Byzantine Greek: μουστάκιον (moustákion)\nGreek: μουστάκι (moustáki)\nPontic Greek: μουστάκιν (moustákin), μουστάκι (moustáki), μουστάκ' (mousták')\n→ Laz: მუსტაკი (musťaǩi), მუსტაჭი (musťaç̌i)\n→ Medieval Latin: mustācium (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mystacial",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: mystacial",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: mystacial"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "mystaciale",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ French: mystaciale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ French: mystaciale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Beekes, both the variants listed in the alternative forms section suggest a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μύστᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mústăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μύστᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μῠ́στᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho mŭ́stăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ mŭ́stăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μῠ́στᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi mŭ́stăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μῠ́στᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû mŭ́stăkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mŭstắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μῠστᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn mŭstắkōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μῠ́στᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi mŭ́stăkĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μῠστᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mŭstắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μῠ́στᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mŭ́stăxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mŭ́stăxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μῠ́στᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn mŭ́stăkă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μῠ́στᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ mŭ́stăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μῠ́στᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs mŭ́stăkăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰξ",
      "roman": "mŭ́stăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰκε",
      "roman": "mŭ́stăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῠ́στᾰκες",
      "roman": "mŭ́stăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μύστᾰκος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "μύστᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "μύστᾰξ • (mústăx) m (genitive μύστᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μύστᾰξ",
        "2": "μύστᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Moustaches"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upper lip or moustache"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "upper lip",
          "upper lip"
        ],
        [
          "moustache",
          "moustache"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mýs.taks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmis.taks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mýs.taks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmys.taks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmis.taks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bústax",
      "word": "βύσταξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "múttakes",
      "word": "μύττακες"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μύσταξ"
}

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