μυοσωτίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ οὖς (oûs, “ear”). Compare ὠτίς (ōtís, “bustard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.o.sɔː.tís/ → /my.o.soˈtis/ → /mi.o.soˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.o.sɔː.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.o.soˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.o.soˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.o.soˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.o.soˈtis/

Noun

μῠοσωτῐ́ς • (mŭosōtĭ́s) f (genitive μῠοσωτῐ́δος); third declension

1. German madwort (Asperugo procumbens)
2. forget-me-not (plant of the genus Myosotis)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μῠοσωτῐ́ς; τῆς μῠοσωτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠοσωτῐ́ς hē mŭosōtĭ́s	τὼ μῠοσωτῐ́δε tṑ mŭosōtĭ́de	αἱ μῠοσωτῐ́δες hai mŭosōtĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς μῠοσωτῐ́δος tês mŭosōtĭ́dos	τοῖν μῠοσωτῐ́δοιν toîn mŭosōtĭ́doin	τῶν μῠοσωτῐ́δων tôn mŭosōtĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ μῠοσωτῐ́δῐ têi mŭosōtĭ́dĭ	τοῖν μῠοσωτῐ́δοιν toîn mŭosōtĭ́doin	ταῖς μῠοσωτῐ́σῐ / μῠοσωτῐ́σῐν taîs mŭosōtĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠοσωτῐ́δᾰ tḕn mŭosōtĭ́dă	τὼ μῠοσωτῐ́δε tṑ mŭosōtĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς μῠοσωτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s mŭosōtĭ́dăs
Vocative	μῠοσωτῐ́ς mŭosōtĭ́s	μῠοσωτῐ́δε mŭosōtĭ́de	μῠοσωτῐ́δες mŭosōtĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: myosōtis
  • → Translingual: Myosotis

References

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