μουσική

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

See μουσικός (mousikós)

Adjective

μουσῐκή • (mousikḗ)

  1. nominative feminine singular of μουσικός (mousikós)

Etymology 2

By ellipsis from μουσικὴ τέχνη (mousikḕ tékhnē) from μουσικός (mousikós, “musical”) from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).

Noun

μουσῐκή • (mousikḗ) f (genitive μουσῐκῆς); first declension

  1. any of the Muses' arts, especially music and lyrical poetry set to music
  2. art
Inflection
First declension of ἡ μουσῐκή; τῆς μουσῐκῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μουσῐκή
hē mousikḗ		 τὼ μουσῐκᾱ́
tṑ mousikā́		 αἱ μουσῐκαί
hai mousikaí
Genitive τῆς μουσῐκῆς
tês mousikês		 τοῖν μουσῐκαῖν
toîn mousikaîn		 τῶν μουσῐκῶν
tôn mousikôn
Dative τῇ μουσῐκῇ
têi mousikêi		 τοῖν μουσῐκαῖν
toîn mousikaîn		 ταῖς μουσῐκαῖς
taîs mousikaîs
Accusative τὴν μουσῐκήν
tḕn mousikḗn		 τὼ μουσῐκᾱ́
tṑ mousikā́		 τᾱ̀ς μουσῐκᾱ́ς
tā̀s mousikā́s
Vocative μουσῐκή
mousikḗ		 μουσῐκᾱ́
mousikā́		 μουσῐκαί
mousikaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • Arabic: مُوسِيقَى‎ (mūsīqā)
  • Greek: μουσική (mousikí)
  • Pontic Greek: μουσική (mousikí)
  • → Latin: mūsica (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [musiˈci]
  • Hyphenation: μου‧σι‧κή

Noun

μουσική • (mousikí) f (plural μουσικές)

  1. the subject and art of music
  2. the music as opposed to the lyrics
  3. a band or orchestra
  4. a genre of music
  5. sheet music, score

Declension
declension of μουσική
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μουσική • μουσικές •
genitive μουσικής • μουσικών •
accusative μουσική • μουσικές •
vocative μουσική • μουσικές •

Further reading

Adjective

μουσική • (mousikí)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative singular form of μουσικός (mousikós).
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