muscus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *mews-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *musą, Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Noun

mūscus m (genitive mūscī); second declension

  1. 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
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

  1. musk deer
  2. 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

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
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