μύξων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from μῠ́ξᾰ (múxa, “mucus”). Compare also μῠξῖνος (muxînos, “kind of mullet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýk.sɔːn/ → /ˈmyk.son/ → /ˈmik.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýk.sɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.son/

Noun

μῠ́ξων • (múxōn) m (genitive μῠ́ξωνος); third declension

1. kind of grey mullet (Liza saliens)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ μῠ́ξων; τοῦ μῠ́ξωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠ́ξων ho múxōn	τὼ μῠ́ξωνε tṑ múxōne	οἱ μῠ́ξωνες hoi múxōnes
Genitive	τοῦ μῠ́ξωνος toû múxōnos	τοῖν μῠξώνοιν toîn muxṓnoin	τῶν μῠξώνων tôn muxṓnōn
Dative	τῷ μῠ́ξωνῐ tôi múxōni	τοῖν μῠξώνοιν toîn muxṓnoin	τοῖς μῠ́ξωσῐ / μῠ́ξωσῐν toîs múxōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μῠ́ξωνᾰ tòn múxōna	τὼ μῠ́ξωνε tṑ múxōne	τοὺς μῠ́ξωνᾰς toùs múxōnas
Vocative	μῠ́ξων múxōn	μῠ́ξωνε múxōne	μῠ́ξωνες múxōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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