molluscus
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *molduskos. Cognate with mollis (“soft”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /molˈlus.kus/, [mɔl̠ˈl̠ʊs̠.kʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /molˈlus.kus/, [mɔlˈlus.kus]
AdjectiveEdit
molluscus (feminine mollusca, neuter molluscum); first/second-declension adjective
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | molluscus | mollusca | molluscum | molluscī | molluscae | mollusca | |
Genitive | molluscī | molluscae | molluscī | molluscōrum | molluscārum | molluscōrum | |
Dative | molluscō | molluscō | molluscīs | ||||
Accusative | molluscum | molluscam | molluscum | molluscōs | molluscās | mollusca | |
Ablative | molluscō | molluscā | molluscō | molluscīs | |||
Vocative | mollusce | mollusca | molluscum | molluscī | molluscae | mollusca |
SynonymsEdit
- (soft): mollis
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- molluscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- molluscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette