musaraneus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muː.saˈraː.ne.us/, [muːs̠äˈräːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mu.saˈra.ne.us/, [mus̬äˈräːneus]
Noun edit
mūsarāneus m (genitive mūsarāneī); second declension
- a shrew
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūsarāneus | mūsarāneī |
Genitive | mūsarāneī | mūsarāneōrum |
Dative | mūsarāneō | mūsarāneīs |
Accusative | mūsarāneum | mūsarāneōs |
Ablative | mūsarāneō | mūsarāneīs |
Vocative | mūsarānee | mūsarāneī |
Synonyms edit
- (shrew): mygalē
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: musaragno
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Middle French: mesiraigne, merisengne
- French: musaraigne
- Walloon: miserette, mesirette (possibly)
- Middle French: mesiraigne, merisengne
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mureganeus
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: ranny
References edit
- “mygale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- musaraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.