mūsculus

mūsculus "Mäuschen" eigtl. Etwas, in der Form eines verlängertes Rotationsellipsoid

• von mūs (“a mouse”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix), literally “little mouse”.
• The “muscle” sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”),
  • compare also Russian мы́шца (mýšca, “muscle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuːs.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmus.ku.lus]

Noun

mūsculus m (genitive mūsculī); second declension

1. (literally) diminutive of mūs: a small mouse
2. (transferred sense)
   1. a companion of the whale
   2. a saltwater mussel
   3. (anatomy) a muscle
   4. (military) a shed, mantelet, shielding
   5. (nautical) a kind of small sailing vessel

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Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūsculus	mūsculī
genitive	mūsculī	mūsculōrum
dative	mūsculō	mūsculīs
accusative	mūsculum	mūsculōs
ablative	mūsculō	mūsculīs
vocative	mūscule	mūsculī