mitulus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear; probably related to Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; shellfish, mussel”). Compare mys, myax (= Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax)), myisca (= Ancient Greek μῠΐσκη (muḯskē)), all names of shellfish.

Pronunciation

Noun

mītulus m (genitive mītulī); second declension

  1. a kind of edible mussel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mītulus mītulī
Genitive mītulī mītulōrum
Dative mītulō mītulīs
Accusative mītulum mītulōs
Ablative mītulō mītulīs
Vocative mītule mītulī

Descendants

  • Italian: nicchio
  • Sicilian: nicchiu

References

  • “mitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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