Mucius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ki.us/, [ˈmuːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈmuːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Mūcius m sg (genitive Mūciī or Mūcī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a legendary Roman soldier

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mūcius
Genitive	Mūciī Mūcī1
Dative	Mūciō
Accusative	Mūcium
Ablative	Mūciō
Vocative	Mūcī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Mūcia
• Mūciānus

Adjective

Mūcius (feminine Mūcia, neuter Mūcium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Mucia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Mūcius	Mūcia	Mūcium		Mūciī	Mūciae	Mūcia
Genitive	Mūciī	Mūciae	Mūciī		Mūciōrum	Mūciārum	Mūciōrum
Dative	Mūciō		Mūciō		Mūciīs
Accusative	Mūcium	Mūciam	Mūcium		Mūciōs	Mūciās	Mūcia
Ablative	Mūciō	Mūciā	Mūciō		Mūciīs
Vocative	Mūcie	Mūcia	Mūcium		Mūciī	Mūciae	Mūcia

Descendants

• Catalan: Mus
• Italian: Muzio
• Sicilian: Muzziu
• → Spanish: Mucio

References

• “Mucius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mucius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.