Moschus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos, “musk”).
Proper noun edit
Moschus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Moschidae – musk deers.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Moschidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Moschus moschiferus - type species; Moschus anhuiensis, Moschus berezovskii, Moschus chrysogaster, Moschus cupreus, Moschus fuscus, Moschus leucogaster - other species
Derived terms edit
References edit
Moschus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Moschus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Moschus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Moschus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Moschus at AnimalBase
- Moschus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Moschus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Moschus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Moschus at Paleobiology Database
German edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin moschus, alternative form of muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /mušk/).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Moschus m (strong, genitive Moschus, no plural)
Declension edit
Declension of Moschus [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- moschusartig
- Moschusduft
- Moschuskraut (“moschatel”)
- Moschustier (“musk deer”)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmos.kʰus/, [ˈmɔs̠kʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmos.kus/, [ˈmɔskus]
Proper noun edit
Moschus m sg (genitive Moschī); second declension
- a Roman cognomen
- (Can we date this quote?), Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Novus thesaurus veterum inscriptionum in praecipuis earumdem collectionibus hactenus praetermissarum, volume 1, Milan, published 1739, inscription no. 5, page 477:
- C. IVLIVS. DORYPHORVS / ET. L. TERENTIVS. PHILETVS / ET. TERENTIA. MOSCHIS / PORTICVM. TECTVM. D. D / PERMISSV. L. TERENTII. MOSCHI
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Moschus |
| Genitive | Moschī |
| Dative | Moschō |
| Accusative | Moschum |
| Ablative | Moschō |
| Vocative | Mosche |
Adjective edit
Moschus (feminine Moscha, neuter Moschum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Moschus | Moscha | Moschum | Moschī | Moschae | Moscha | |
| Genitive | Moschī | Moschae | Moschī | Moschōrum | Moschārum | Moschōrum | |
| Dative | Moschō | Moschō | Moschīs | ||||
| Accusative | Moschum | Moscham | Moschum | Moschōs | Moschās | Moscha | |
| Ablative | Moschō | Moschā | Moschō | Moschīs | |||
| Vocative | Mosche | Moscha | Moschum | Moschī | Moschae | Moscha | |
References edit
- “Moschus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press