muttum
Latin
editEtymology
editBackformation from muttīre (“to mutter, murmur, talk quietly”). Of onomatopoeic origin; "make a mu-noise," possibly dating back to Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”); compare mūtus or mussō. See also Proto-Germanic *mūlō, English mutter.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmut.tum/, [ˈmʊt̪ːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmut.tum/, [ˈmut̪ːum]
Noun
editmuttum n (genitive muttī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | muttum | mutta |
Genitive | muttī | muttōrum |
Dative | muttō | muttīs |
Accusative | muttum | mutta |
Ablative | muttō | muttīs |
Vocative | muttum | mutta |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “muttum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- muttum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- muttum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.