mustaceus

Latin

Etymology

From mustum (“must”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /musˈtaː.ke.us/, [mʊs̠ˈt̪äːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /musˈta.t͡ʃe.us/, [musˈt̪äːt͡ʃeus]

Noun

mustāceus m (genitive mustāceī); second declension

1. must-cake, laurel-cake (a kind of wedding cake made with must and baked on laurel leaves)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mustāceus	mustāceī
Genitive	mustāceī	mustāceōrum
Dative	mustāceō	mustāceīs
Accusative	mustāceum	mustāceōs
Ablative	mustāceō	mustāceīs
Vocative	mustācee	mustāceī

Descendants

• Catalan: mostassa, ⇒ mostalla, mostarda
• Italian: mostacciolo
  • → English: mostaccioli
• Spanish: mostaza
  • → Karao: mostasa

References

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