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Latin
Etymology
From mūs (“mouse”) + -legus (suffix meaning "the one who gathers").
Pronunciation
Noun
mūrilegus m (genitive mūrilegī); second declension
- A cat, one who gathers mice.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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References
- murilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “murilegus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011