muscarius

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Latin

Etymology

From musca (fly) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

muscārius (feminine muscāria, neuter muscārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to flies, fly-
  2. (transferred meaning) the umbel; the hairy or fibrous part of plants
    Semine in muscariis dependente.
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  3. (transferred meaning) the hairy or fibrous part of plants
  4. (transferred meaning) a closet or safe in which writings were kept to protect them from flies

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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