μυνδός

See also: Μύνδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe related to Armenian մունջ (munǰ, “mute”) and thus from Proto-Indo-European *mundyo- and cognate with Ancient Greek μύδος (múdos), μυκός (mukós), μυττός (muttós, “dumb”), Latin mutus and Sanskrit मूक (mūka, “dumb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myn.dós/ → /mynˈdos/ → /minˈdos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myn.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mynˈdos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mynˈdos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mynˈdos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /minˈdos/

Adjective

μῠνδός • (mŭndós) m or f (neuter μῠνδόν); second declension

1. mute, dumb

   Synonyms: ἄφωνος (áphōnos), ἐνεός (eneós), κωφός (kōphós), μύρκος (múrkos)

Declension

Second declension of μῠνδός; μῠνδόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῠνδός mŭndós	μῠνδόν mŭndón		μῠνδώ mŭndṓ	μῠνδώ mŭndṓ		μῠνδοί mŭndoí	μῠνδᾰ́ mŭndắ
Genitive		μῠνδοῦ mŭndoû	μῠνδοῦ mŭndoû		μῠνδοῖν mŭndoîn	μῠνδοῖν mŭndoîn		μῠνδῶν mŭndôn	μῠνδῶν mŭndôn
Dative		μῠνδῷ mŭndôi	μῠνδῷ mŭndôi		μῠνδοῖν mŭndoîn	μῠνδοῖν mŭndoîn		μῠνδοῖς mŭndoîs	μῠνδοῖς mŭndoîs
Accusative		μῠνδόν mŭndón	μῠνδόν mŭndón		μῠνδώ mŭndṓ	μῠνδώ mŭndṓ		μῠνδούς mŭndoús	μῠνδᾰ́ mŭndắ
Vocative		μῠνδέ mŭndé	μῠνδόν mŭndón		μῠνδώ mŭndṓ	μῠνδώ mŭndṓ		μῠνδοί mŭndoí	μῠνδᾰ́ mŭndắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μῠνδῶς mŭndôs			μῠνδότερος mŭndóteros			μῠνδότᾰτος mŭndótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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