muscarius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /musˈkaː.ri.us/, [mʊs̠ˈkäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /musˈka.ri.us/, [musˈkäːrius]
Adjective edit
muscārius (feminine muscāria, neuter muscārium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to flies, fly-
- (transferred meaning) the umbel; the hairy or fibrous part of plants
- Semine in muscariis dependente.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transferred meaning) the hairy or fibrous part of plants
- (transferred meaning) a closet or safe in which writings were kept to protect them from flies
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | muscārius | muscāria | muscārium | muscāriī | muscāriae | muscāria | |
| Genitive | muscāriī | muscāriae | muscāriī | muscāriōrum | muscāriārum | muscāriōrum | |
| Dative | muscāriō | muscāriō | muscāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | muscārium | muscāriam | muscārium | muscāriōs | muscāriās | muscāria | |
| Ablative | muscāriō | muscāriā | muscāriō | muscāriīs | |||
| Vocative | muscārie | muscāria | muscārium | muscāriī | muscāriae | muscāria | |
Derived terms edit
- clavus muscarius (a broad-headed nail)
- muscārium (a fly trap, a fly brush)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “muscarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- muscarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.