mustax
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mustum (“must”) + -ax, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Old High German mos (“moss”) (German Moos), Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus (“moss”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmus.taks/, [ˈmʊs̠t̪äks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.taks/, [ˈmust̪äks]
Noun[edit]
mustax f (genitive mustacis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mustax | mustacēs |
| Genitive | mustacis | mustacum |
| Dative | mustacī | mustacibus |
| Accusative | mustacem | mustacēs |
| Ablative | mustace | mustacibus |
| Vocative | mustax | mustacēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: mustellago
- Italian: mostacciolo
- → English: mostaccioli
References[edit]
- “mustax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mustax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.