μοῦσαν (mousan)

μοῦσαν is an Ancient Greek form of Μοῦσα, meaning “Mousa — a Muse, goddess of the arts”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of μοῦσα, “Muse; song, music”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 72 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.5.44: … πίδης δὲ καὶ ὀνειδίζει αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ Παλαμήδει λέγων· ἐκάνετʼ ἐκάνετε τὰν πάνσοφον τὰν οὐδὲν ἀλγύνουσαν ἀηδόνα μουσᾶν. καὶ τάδε μὲν ὧδε. Φιλόχορος δέ φησι προτελευτῆσαι τὸν Εὐριπίδην τοῦ Σωκράτους. Ἐγεννήθη δέ, καθά φησιν Ἀπολλ …

Euripides, Alcestis 344: στεφάνους τε μοῦσάν θ’ ἣ κατεῖχ’ ἐμοὺς δόμους.

Euripides, Ion 1091: σιν κατὰ μοῦσαν ἰόντες ἀείδεθʼ ὕμνοις

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.