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Verb
musica
- inflection of musicar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Corsican
Pronunciation
Noun
musica f
- music
Further reading
- “musica” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).
Noun
musica f (plural musiche)
- music
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
musica
- inflection of musicare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
mūsica f (genitive mūsicae); first declension
- music (art form)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Borrowings
- Unsorted borrowings
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mūsica
- inflection of mūsicus (“musical, of or pertaining to music”):
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
mūsicā
- ablative feminine singular of mūsicus
References
- “musica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “musica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- musica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- musica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
- “musica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “musica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
musica f (plural musicas)
- music
Portuguese
Verb
musica
- inflection of musicar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).
Noun
musica f
- music
Spanish
Verb
musica
- inflection of musicar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative