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Latin
Etymology
Unknown. No actual classical uses are known, but the word is included by Isidore of Seville in his Etymologiae, where it is stated that the word is a new creation from mūs (“mouse”) since cats catch mice; however, Isidore's etymologies are usually unreliable. Compare Latin mūstēla.
Noun
mūsiō f (genitive mūsiōnis); third declension (hapax)
- cat
c. 600 CE – 625 CE,
Isidorus Hispalensis,
Etymologiae 12.2.38:
- Mūsiō appellātus, quod mūribus īnfestus sit. Hunc vulgus cattum ā captūra vocant.
- is called mūsiō because it is deadly to mice. People call it cattus from catching.
Usage notes
- Gender and inflection are unattested. Gaffiot gives it as "mūsiō, ōnis, m.", Georges as "musio, ōnis, f.".
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
Further reading
- mūsĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1006.