μύτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Pre-Greek and related to μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μύτῐς • (mútis) f (genitive μύτῐδος); third declension

  1. that part of molluscs that answers to the liver
  2. snout

Declension
Third declension of ἡ μῠ́τῐς; τῆς μῠ́τῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μῠ́τῐς
hē mútis		 τὼ μῠ́τῐδε
tṑ mútide		 αἱ μῠ́τῐδες
hai mútides
Genitive τῆς μῠ́τῐδος
tês mútidos		 τοῖν μῠτῐ́δοιν
toîn mutídoin		 τῶν μῠτῐ́δων
tôn mutídōn
Dative τῇ μῠ́τῐδῐ
têi mútidi		 τοῖν μῠτῐ́δοιν
toîn mutídoin		 ταῖς μῠ́τῐσῐ / μῠ́τῐσῐν
taîs mútisi(n)
Accusative τὴν μῠ́τῐδᾰ
tḕn mútida		 τὼ μῠ́τῐδε
tṑ mútide		 τᾱ̀ς μῠ́τῐδᾰς
tā̀s mútidas
Vocative μῠ́τῐς
mútis		 μῠ́τῐδε
mútide		 μῠ́τῐδες
mútides
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 *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: μύτη (mýti)

Further reading
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