mūs

mūs Maus

• Inherited from Proto-Italic *mūs.
• Cognates include
  • Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs),
  • Sanskrit मूष् (mū́ṣ),
  • Old English mūs (English mouse),
  • Old High German mūs
  • German Maus,
  • Proto-Slavic *myšь
  • Russian мышь myšʹ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmus]

Noun

mūs m or f (genitive mūris); third declension

1. a mouse, rat
2. a sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeata)
3. (New Latin) a computer mouse

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	mūs	mūrēs
genitive	mūris	mūrium mūrum
dative	mūrī	mūribus
accusative	mūrem	mūrēs mūrīs
ablative	mūre	mūribus
vocative	mūs	mūrēs