Myth & LegendGreek → English
Muse
A source of artistic inspiration.
The Greek roots
Μοῦσα
Moûsa
a Muse
Literally: “one of the Muses”
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The story of the word
The nine Muses presided over the arts; a poet's 'muse' still inspires. Museum and music share the root.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The coastline became the painter's lifelong muse.