μουστάκια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /musˈta.ci.a/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /musˈta.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /musˈta.ci.a/

Etymology 1

From Latin mustāceus.

Noun

μουστάκια • (moustákia) n pl (genitive μουστακίων); second declension

1. (Byzantine) mustaceus (a kind of wedding cake made with must and baked on laurel leaves)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μουστάκιᾰ; τῶν μουστακίων (Byzantine)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μουστάκιᾰ tà moustákia
Genitive	τῶν μουστακίων tôn moustakíōn
Dative	τοῖς μουστακίοις toîs moustakíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μουστάκιᾰ tà moustákia
Vocative	μουστάκιᾰ moustákia

Further reading

• μουστάκια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μουστάκιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “μουστάκια”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “μουστάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “μουστάκια”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 771

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

μουστάκια • (moustákia)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of μουστάκιον (moustákion)

Greek

Noun

μουστάκια • (moustákia) n

1. whiskers
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of μουστάκι (moustáki)