μουσική

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muː.si.kɛ̌ː/ → /mu.siˈci/ → /mu.siˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /muː.si.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mu.siˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mu.siˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mu.siˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mu.siˈci/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

μουσῐκή • (mousikḗ)

1. feminine nominative/vocative 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

• “μουσική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μουσική”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μουσική in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • art idem, page 42.
  • concert idem, page 155.
  • counterpart idem, page 177.
  • letter idem, page 486.
  • literature idem, page 494.
  • music idem, page 547.
  • scholarship idem, page 739.

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

	singular	plural
nominative	μουσική (mousikí)	μουσικές (mousikés)
genitive	μουσικής (mousikís)	μουσικών (mousikón)
accusative	μουσική (mousikí)	μουσικές (mousikés)
vocative	μουσική (mousikí)	μουσικές (mousikés)

Related terms

• μουσικός (mousikós, “music, musical”)

Further reading

• μουσική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Adjective

μουσική • (mousikí)

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