muscerda
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muːsˈker.da/, [muːs̠ˈkɛrd̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /muʃˈʃer.da/, [muʃˈʃɛrd̪ä]
Noun
mūscerda f (genitive mūscerdae); first declension
- mouse-dropping
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.106:
- Alopecias replet fimi pecudum cinis cum oleo cyprio et melle, item ungularum muli vel mulae ex oleo myrteo, praeterea, ut Varro noster tradit, murinum fimum, quod ille muscerdas appellat, aut muscarum capita recentia prius folio ficulneo asperatas. alii sanguine muscarum utuntur, alii X diebus cinerem earum inlinunt cum cinere chartae vel ncuum ita, ut sit tertia portio emuscis; alii lacte mulierum cum brassica cinerem muscarum subigunt, quidam melle tantum. mulu animal minus docile existimatur minorisve intellectus; eo mirabilius est Olympiae sacro certamine nubes earum immolato tauro deo, quem Myioden vocant, extra territorium id abire.
- (plural) nonsense, bullshit
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūscerda | mūscerdae |
| Genitive | mūscerdae | mūscerdārum |
| Dative | mūscerdae | mūscerdīs |
| Accusative | mūscerdam | mūscerdās |
| Ablative | mūscerdā | mūscerdīs |
| Vocative | mūscerda | mūscerdae |
References
- “muscerda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- muscerda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette