myxa

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).

Pronunciation

Noun

myxa f (genitive myxae); first declension

  1. sebesten (tree)
  2. the curved part of a lamp, nozzle

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative myxa myxae
genitive myxae myxārum
dative myxae myxīs
accusative myxam myxās
ablative myxā myxīs
vocative myxa myxae

Further reading

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