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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative muscārius muscāria muscārium muscāriī muscāriae muscāria
Genitive muscāriī muscāriae muscāriī muscāriōrum muscāriārum muscāriōrum
Dative muscāriō muscāriō muscāriīs
Accusative muscārium muscāriam muscārium muscāriōs muscāriās muscāria
Ablative muscāriō muscāriā muscāriō muscāriīs
Vocative muscārie muscāria muscārium muscāriī muscāriae muscāria

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.
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