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”).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmuːs.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmus.ku.lus]
mūsculus m (genitive mūsculī); second declension
- (literally) diminutive of mūs: a small mouse
- (transferred sense)
- a companion of the whale
- a saltwater mussel
- (anatomy) a muscle
- (military) a shed, mantelet, shielding
- (nautical) a kind of small sailing vessel
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Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūsculus | mūsculī |
| genitive | mūsculī | mūsculōrum |
| dative | mūsculō | mūsculīs |
| accusative | mūsculum | mūsculōs |
| ablative | mūsculō | mūsculīs |
| vocative | mūscule | mūsculī |