μυζάω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μῠ́ζω (mŭ́zō)
- μῠζέω (mŭzéō)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic; originally on the idea of making μῦ (mû, the “m” sound), evoking the idea of the lips being together.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myz.dá.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /myˈza.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /myˈza.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /myˈza.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈza.o/
Verb
μῠζᾰ́ω • (mŭzắō)
- to suck
Conjugation
Present: μῠζᾰ́ω (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μῠζᾰ́ω | μῠζᾰ́εις | μῠζᾰ́ει | μῠζᾰ́ετον | μῠζᾰ́ετον | μῠζᾰ́ομεν | μῠζᾰ́ετε | μῠζᾰ́ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | μῠζᾰ́ω | μῠζᾰ́ῃς | μῠζᾰ́ῃ | μῠζᾰ́ητον | μῠζᾰ́ητον | μῠζᾰ́ωμεν | μῠζᾰ́ητε | μῠζᾰ́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μῠζᾰ́οιμῐ | μῠζᾰ́οις | μῠζᾰ́οι | μῠζᾰ́οιτον | μῠζᾰοίτην | μῠζᾰ́οιμεν | μῠζᾰ́οιτε | μῠζᾰ́οιεν | |||||
| imperative | μῠ́ζᾰε | μῠζᾰέτω | μῠζᾰ́ετον | μῠζᾰέτων | μῠζᾰ́ετε | μῠζᾰόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μῠζᾰ́ειν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μῠζᾰ́ων | |||||||||||
| f | μῠζᾰ́ουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | μῠζᾰ́ον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: μῠζῶ (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μῠζῶ | μῠζᾷς | μῠζᾷ | μῠζᾶτον | μῠζᾶτον | μῠζῶμεν | μῠζᾶτε | μῠζῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | μῠζῶ | μῠζᾷς | μῠζᾷ | μῠζᾶτον | μῠζᾶτον | μῠζῶμεν | μῠζᾶτε | μῠζῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μῠζῴην, μῠζῷμῐ |
μῠζῴης, μῠζῷς |
μῠζῴη, μῠζῷ |
μῠζῷτον, μῠζῴητον |
μῠζῴτην, μῠζῳήτην |
μῠζῷμεν, μῠζῴημεν |
μῠζῷτε, μῠζῴητε |
μῠζῷεν, μῠζῴησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | μῠ́ζᾱ | μῠζᾱ́τω | μῠζᾶτον | μῠζᾱ́των | μῠζᾶτε | μῠζώντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μῠζᾶν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μῠζῶν | |||||||||||
| f | μῠζῶσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | μῠζῶν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐμῠ́ζᾰον (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμῠ́ζᾰον | ἐμῠ́ζᾰες | ἐμῠ́ζᾰε(ν) | ἐμῠζᾰ́ετον | ἐμῠζᾰέτην | ἐμῠζᾰ́ομεν | ἐμῠζᾰ́ετε | ἐμῠ́ζᾰον | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐμῠ́ζων (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμῠ́ζων | ἐμῠ́ζᾱς | ἐμῠ́ζᾱ | ἐμῠζᾶτον | ἐμῠζᾱ́την | ἐμῠζῶμεν | ἐμῠζᾶτε | ἐμῠ́ζων | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐμῠ́ζησᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμῠ́ζησᾰ | ἐμῠ́ζησᾰς | ἐμῠ́ζησε(ν) | ἐμῠζήσᾰτον | ἐμῠζησᾰ́την | ἐμῠζήσᾰμεν | ἐμῠζήσᾰτε | ἐμῠ́ζησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | μῠζήσω | μῠζήσῃς | μῠζήσῃ | μῠζήσητον | μῠζήσητον | μῠζήσωμεν | μῠζήσητε | μῠζήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μῠζήσαιμῐ | μῠζήσειᾰς, μῠζήσαις |
μῠζήσειε(ν), μῠζήσαι |
μῠζήσαιτον | μῠζησαίτην | μῠζήσαιμεν | μῠζήσαιτε | μῠζήσειᾰν, μῠζήσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | μῠ́ζησον | μῠζησᾰ́τω | μῠζήσᾰτον | μῠζησᾰ́των | μῠζήσᾰτε | μῠζησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μῠζῆσαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μῠζήσᾱς | |||||||||||
| f | μῠζήσᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | μῠζῆσᾰν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓μῠ́ζω (ămŭ́zō)
- ᾰ̓πομῠζᾰ́ω (ăpomŭzắō)
- δῐεκμῠζᾰ́ω (dĭekmŭzắō)
- ἐκμῠζᾰ́ω (ekmŭzắō)
- μῠ́ζησῐς (mŭ́zēsĭs)
- μῠζητής (mŭzētḗs)
- μῠ́ζουρῐς (mŭ́zourĭs)
- μῠστῑλᾰ́ομαι (mŭstīlắomai)
- μῠστῑλᾰ́ρῐον (mŭstīlắrĭon)
- μῠστῑ́λη (mŭstī́lē)
- μῠστρῐκός (mŭstrĭkós)
- μῠστρῐ́ον (mŭstrĭ́on)
- μῠστρῐοπώλης (mŭstrĭopṓlēs)
- μῠστροθήκη (mŭstrothḗkē)
- μῠ́στρον (mŭ́stron)
- μῠ́στρος (mŭ́stros)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μύζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 975
Further reading
- “μυζάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μυζάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette