mustax
Latin
Etymology
From mustum (“must”) + -ax, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Old High German mos (“moss”) (German Moos), Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus (“moss”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊs.taks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmus.t̪aks]
Noun
mustax f (genitive mustacis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mustax | mustacēs |
| genitive | mustacis | mustacum |
| dative | mustacī | mustacibus |
| accusative | mustacem | mustacēs |
| ablative | mustace | mustacibus |
| vocative | mustax | mustacēs |
Descendants
- Latin: mustellago
- Italian: mostacciolo
- → English: mostaccioli
References
- “mustax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mustax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.