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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΜουσεῖον
- English todayMouseion
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mouseion
Today it means: An ancient institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter (c. 369–282 BCE) as a place for music, poetry and philosophy, including the Library of Alexandria. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον