μόσχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, related to Armenian մոզի (mozi, “two-year-old bull”) and maybe from a Proto-Indo-European *mosǵʰ-o- (“young of an animal; young shoot”) root.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mós.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.xos/

Noun

μόσχος • (móskhos) m (genitive μόσχου); second declension

A young shoot or twig
(botany) A leafstalk, a petiole
A calf, a young bull
Any young animal, even of birds

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόσχος; τοῦ μόσχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόσχος ho móskhos	τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō	οἱ μόσχοι hoi móskhoi
Genitive	τοῦ μόσχου toû móskhou	τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin	τῶν μόσχων tôn móskhōn
Dative	τῷ μόσχῳ tôi móskhōi	τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin	τοῖς μόσχοις toîs móskhois
Accusative	τὸν μόσχον tòn móskhon	τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō	τοὺς μόσχους toùs móskhous
Vocative	μόσχε móskhe	μόσχω móskhō	μόσχοι móskhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μονόμοσχος (monómoskhos)
μοσχάριον (moskhárion)
μόσχινος (móskhinos)
μοσχίον (moskhíon)
μόσχιος (móskhios)
μοσχάς (moskhás)
μοσχεία (moskheía)

μόσχευμα (móskheuma)
μόσχευσις (móskheusis)
μοσχεύω (moskheúō)
μοσχῆ (moskhê)
μοσχηδόν (moskhēdón)
μοσχίας (moskhías)
μοσχίδιον (moskhídion)

μοσχοποιέω (moskhopoiéō)
μοσχόταυρος (moskhótauros)
μοσχοτομέα (moskhotoméa)
μοσχοτόμος (moskhotómos)
μοσχοτρόφος (moskhotróphos)
μοσχοφάγος (moskhophágos)
μοσχών (moskhṓn)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *mušk, itself from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”). Compare also μύσχον (múskhon, “genitalia”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mós.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.xos/

Noun

μόσχος • (móskhos) m (genitive μόσχου); second declension

musk

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόσχος; τοῦ μόσχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόσχος ho móskhos	τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō	οἱ μόσχοι hoi móskhoi
Genitive	τοῦ μόσχου toû móskhou	τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin	τῶν μόσχων tôn móskhōn
Dative	τῷ μόσχῳ tôi móskhōi	τοῖν μόσχοιν toîn móskhoin	τοῖς μόσχοις toîs móskhois
Accusative	τὸν μόσχον tòn móskhon	τὼ μόσχω tṑ móskhō	τοὺς μόσχους toùs móskhous
Vocative	μόσχε móskhe	μόσχω móskhō	μόσχοι móskhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μοσχίτης (moskhítēs)

Descendants

Latin: muscus
→ English: musk

μόσχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading