muscus
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *mews-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *musą, Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.
Noun
mūscus m (genitive mūscī); second declension
- moss
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūscus | mūscī |
| Genitive | mūscī | mūscōrum |
| Dative | mūscō | mūscīs |
| Accusative | mūscum | mūscōs |
| Ablative | mūscō | mūscīs |
| Vocative | mūsce | mūscī |
Derived terms
- mūscōsus
Descendants
- → Albanian: myshk
- Galician: musgo
- Portuguese: musgo
- Sicilian: muscu
- Spanish: musgo
- Vulgar Latin: *mūsclus
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos). See English musk for more.
Noun
muscus m (genitive muscī); second declension
- musk deer
- musk (secretion, odour)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | muscus | muscī |
| Genitive | muscī | muscōrum |
| Dative | muscō | muscīs |
| Accusative | muscum | muscōs |
| Ablative | muscō | muscīs |
| Vocative | musce | muscī |
Descendants
- French: musc
- Galician: musgo
- Italian: musco, muschio
- Sardinian: nuscu
References
- “muscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “muscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- muscus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- muscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette