muceo

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Latin

Etymology

Denominal verb of mūcus.

Pronunciation

Verb

mūceō (present infinitive mūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (Old Latin) to be mouldy or musty
    • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 148:
      Vini in culleos singulos quadragenae et singulae urnae dabuntur. Quod neque aceat neque muceat, id dabitur.
      Forty-one urns to the culleus will be delivered, and only wine which is neither sour nor musty will be sold.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mūceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active-only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mūceō mūcēs mūcet mūcēmus mūcētis mūcent
imperfect mūcēbam mūcēbās mūcēbat mūcēbāmus mūcēbātis mūcēbant
future mūcēbō mūcēbis mūcēbit mūcēbimus mūcēbitis mūcēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mūceam mūceās mūceat mūceāmus mūceātis mūceant
imperfect mūcērem mūcērēs mūcēret mūcērēmus mūcērētis mūcērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mūcē — — mūcēte —
future — mūcētō mūcētō — mūcētōte mūcentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mūcēre — — — — —
participles mūcēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mūcendī mūcendō mūcendum mūcendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: musir, mucir
  • French: moisir
  • Lombard: musir (Ticinese)
  • Occitan: mosir
    Auvergnat: mejir, mesir

References

  • “muceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • muceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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