μνάσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μναύσιον (mnaúsion)

Etymology

From Egyptian mnw (“aromatic plant”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mná.si.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.si.on/

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Noun

μνᾰ́σῐον • (mnắsĭon) n (genitive μνᾰ́σῐ́ου); second declension

earth almond (Cyperus esculentus), nutgrass

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnắsĭon	τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ mnắsĭă
Genitive	τοῦ μνᾰσῐ́ου toû mnăsĭ́ou	τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnăsĭ́oin	τῶν μνᾰσῐ́ων tôn mnăsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μνᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi mnăsĭ́ōi	τοῖν μνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn mnăsĭ́oin	τοῖς μνᾰσῐ́οις toîs mnăsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ μνᾰ́σῐον tò mnắsĭon	τὼ μνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ mnăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μνᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ mnắsĭă
Vocative	μνᾰ́σῐον mnắsĭon	μνᾰσῐ́ω mnăsĭ́ō	μνᾰ́σῐᾰ mnắsĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μνάσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μνάσιον 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