mucidus

Latin

Alternative forms

• muccidus

Etymology

From mūceō (“be musty”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ki.dus/, [ˈmuːkɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.t͡ʃi.dus/, [ˈmuːt͡ʃid̪us]

Adjective

mūcidus (feminine mūcida, neuter mūcidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. moldy, musty
2. sniveling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mūcidus	mūcida	mūcidum		mūcidī	mūcidae	mūcida
Genitive	mūcidī	mūcidae	mūcidī		mūcidōrum	mūcidārum	mūcidōrum
Dative	mūcidō		mūcidō		mūcidīs
Accusative	mūcidum	mūcidam	mūcidum		mūcidōs	mūcidās	mūcida
Ablative	mūcidō	mūcidā	mūcidō		mūcidīs
Vocative	mūcide	mūcida	mūcidum		mūcidī	mūcidae	mūcida

Descendants

• Old French: moiste (partly; also from Latin mustum)
  • French: moite
  • Anglo-Norman: moiste
    • → Middle English: moiste
      • English: moist
• Galician: mucio, bucio, murcio
• Italian: muzzo; → mucido
• Occitan: muide
• Romanian: muced
• Sardinian: mùcchidu
• → English: mucid

References

• “mucidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mucidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.