μοτώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.tɔ̌ː/ → /moˈto/ → /moˈto/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.tɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈto/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈto/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈto/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈto/

Noun

μοτώ • (motṓ) f (genitive μοτοῦς); third declension

1. variety of cinnamon mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μοτώ; τῆς μοτοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ μοτώ hē motṓ
Genitive	τῆς μοτοῦς tês motoûs
Dative	τῇ μοτοῖ têi motoî
Accusative	τὴν μοτώ tḕn motṓ
Vocative	μοτοῖ motoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μοτώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μοτώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette