myxa

English

Etymology

From Latin, a lamp nozzle, from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).

Noun

myxa

1. (zoology) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “myxa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Maxy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/, [ˈmʏks̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sa/, [ˈmiksä]

Noun

myxa f (genitive myxae); first declension

1. sebesten (tree)
2. the curved part of a lamp, nozzle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	myxa	myxae
Genitive	myxae	myxārum
Dative	myxae	myxīs
Accusative	myxam	myxās
Ablative	myxā	myxīs
Vocative	myxa	myxae

Related terms

• myxum

References

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