μυστίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μῐστῡ́λη (mĭstū́lē), μῐστῠ́λλη (mĭstŭ́llē)

Etymology

From μῠζᾰ́ω (mŭzắō), in a formation like ζωμῑ́λη (zōmī́lē), κονῑ́λη (konī́lē) and μαρῑ́λη (marī́lē); Beekes suggests Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -ῑλη (-īlē), and that both alternative forms are due to confusion with μιστῠ́λλω (mistŭ́llō, “to cut up meat”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mys.tǐː.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mysˈti.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mysˈti.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mysˈti.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /misˈti.li/

Noun

μῠστῑ́λη • (mŭstī́lē) f (genitive μῠστῑ́λης); first declension

piece of bread scooped out as a spoon (for soup or gravy)

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῠστῑ́λη; τῆς μῠστῑ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠστῑ́λη hē mŭstī́lē	τὼ μῠστῑ́λᾱ tṑ mŭstī́lā	αἱ μῠστῖλαι hai mŭstîlai
Genitive	τῆς μῠστῑ́λης tês mŭstī́lēs	τοῖν μῠστῑ́λαιν toîn mŭstī́lain	τῶν μῠστῑλῶν tôn mŭstīlôn
Dative	τῇ μῠστῑ́λῃ tēî mŭstī́lēi	τοῖν μῠστῑ́λαιν toîn mŭstī́lain	ταῖς μῠστῑ́λαις taîs mŭstī́lais
Accusative	τὴν μῠστῑ́λην tḕn mŭstī́lēn	τὼ μῠστῑ́λᾱ tṑ mŭstī́lā	τᾱ̀ς μῠστῑ́λᾱς tā̀s mŭstī́lās
Vocative	μῠστῑ́λη mŭstī́lē	μῠστῑ́λᾱ mŭstī́lā	μῠστῖλαι mŭstîlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μῠστῑλᾰ́ομαι (mŭstīlắomai)
μῠστῑλᾰ́ρῐον (mŭstīlắrĭon)