μίσυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps an adjective meaning "brilliant" borrowed from an Anatolian language; compare Hittite [script needed] (mišriuant, “brilliant, shining”), from the same root of Sanskrit मिषति (miṣati, “to blink, open the eyes”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mí.sy/ → /ˈmi.sy/ → /ˈmi.si/

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

Noun

μίσυ • (mísu) n (genitive μίσῠος or μίσεως); third declension

1. copper ore found in Cyprus
2. truffle (Tuber aestivum), growing near Cyrene

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μῐ́σῠ; τοῦ μῐ́σῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mĭ́sŭ	τὼ μῐ́σῠε tṑ mĭ́sŭe	τᾰ̀ μῐ́σῠᾰ tằ mĭ́sŭă
Genitive	τοῦ μῐ́σῠος toû mĭ́sŭos	τοῖν μῐσῠ́οιν toîn mĭsŭ́oin	τῶν μῐσῠ́ων tôn mĭsŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μῐ́σῠῐ̈ tôi mĭ́sŭĭ̈	τοῖν μῐσῠ́οιν toîn mĭsŭ́oin	τοῖς μῐ́σῠσῐ / μῐ́σῠσῐν toîs mĭ́sŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mĭ́sŭ	τὼ μῐ́σῠε tṑ mĭ́sŭe	τᾰ̀ μῐ́σῠᾰ tằ mĭ́sŭă
Vocative	μῐ́σῠ mĭ́sŭ	μῐ́σῠε mĭ́sŭe	μῐ́σῠᾰ mĭ́sŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ μῐ́σῠ; τοῦ μῐ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mĭ́sŭ	τὼ μῐ́σει tṑ mĭ́sei	τᾰ̀ μῐ́ση / μῐ́σεᾰ tằ mĭ́sē / mĭ́seă
Genitive	τοῦ μῐ́σεως toû mĭ́seōs	τοῖν μῐσέοιν toîn mĭséoin	τῶν μῐ́σεων tôn mĭ́seōn
Dative	τῷ μῐ́σει tôi mĭ́sei	τοῖν μῐσέοιν toîn mĭséoin	τοῖς μῐ́σεσῐ / μῐ́σεσῐν toîs mĭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῐ́σῠ tò mĭ́sŭ	τὼ μῐ́σει tṑ mĭ́sei	τᾰ̀ μῐ́ση / μῐ́σεᾰ tằ mĭ́sē / mĭ́seă
Vocative	μῐ́σῠ mĭ́sŭ	μῐ́σει mĭ́sei	μῐ́ση / μῐ́σεᾰ mĭ́sē / mĭ́seă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μίσυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μίσυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN