mustum
Latin
Etymology
Neuter of mustus (“newborn, new, fresh, perhaps lit. 'wet'”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.tum/, [ˈmʊs̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.tum/, [ˈmust̪um]
Noun
mustum n (genitive mustī); second declension
- must; unfermented or partially fermented grape juice or wine; new wine; vintage
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.558:
- inque cavōs ierant tertia musta lacūs
- and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats
(The Latin word for ‘‘new’’ or ‘‘fresh’’ is mustus; mustum means freshly pressed grape juice or must.)
- and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats
- inque cavōs ierant tertia musta lacūs
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mustum | musta |
| Genitive | mustī | mustōrum |
| Dative | mustō | mustīs |
| Accusative | mustum | musta |
| Ablative | mustō | mustīs |
| Vocative | mustum | musta |
Derived terms
- mustāceus and mustāceum
- musteus
- mustulentus
- mustārius
- mustārium
- mustālis
Descendants
- Aromanian: mustu
- Catalan: most
- Friulian: most
- Galician: mosto
- Italian: mosto
- Old French: moust
- French: moût
- Portuguese: mosto
- Romanian: must
- Sicilian: mustu
- Spanish: mosto
- Venetian: mosto
- → Albanian: musht
- → Ancient Greek: μοῦστος (moûstos)
- Greek: μούστος (moústos)
- → Hungarian: must
- → Welsh: mwst
- → Proto-West Germanic: *must (see there for further descendants)
References
- “mustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “mustum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mustum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin