μύτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Bailly derives the word from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close, shut”),^[1] while Babiniotis suspects a connection to μύ̆σσομαι (mú̆ssomai, “to blow one's nose”).^[2] Alternatively, the word could perhaps be from Pre-Greek and related to μύ̆στᾰξ (mú̆stăx, “upper lip”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mý.tis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.tis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tis/

Noun

μύ̆τῐς • (mú̆tĭs) f (genitive μύ̆τῐδος); third declension

that part of molluscs that answers to the liver
snout

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μῠ́τῐς; τῆς μῠ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠ́τῐς hē mŭ́tĭs	τὼ μῠ́τῐδε tṑ mŭ́tĭde	αἱ μῠ́τῐδες hai mŭ́tĭdes
Genitive	τῆς μῠ́τῐδος tês mŭ́tĭdos	τοῖν μῠτῐ́δοιν toîn mŭtĭ́doin	τῶν μῠτῐ́δων tôn mŭtĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ μῠ́τῐδῐ tēî mŭ́tĭdĭ	τοῖν μῠτῐ́δοιν toîn mŭtĭ́doin	ταῖς μῠ́τῐσῐ / μῠ́τῐσῐν taîs mŭ́tĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠ́τῐν tḕn mŭ́tĭn	τὼ μῠ́τῐδε tṑ mŭ́tĭde	τᾱ̀ς μῠ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s mŭ́tĭdăs
Vocative	μῠ́τῐ mŭ́tĭ	μῠ́τῐδε mŭ́tĭde	μῠ́τῐδες mŭ́tĭdes
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 -δς (-ds).

Descendants

Greek: μύτη (mýti)
Mariupol Greek: мты (mty)

References

^ μύτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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