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Latin
Etymology
From musca (“fly”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
muscārius (feminine muscāria, neuter muscārium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to flies, fly-
- (transferred meaning) the umbel; the hairy or fibrous part of plants
Semine in muscariis dependente.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transferred meaning) the hairy or fibrous part of plants
- (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.