musaraneus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /muː.saˈraː.ne.us/, [muːs̠äˈräːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mu.saˈra.ne.us/, [mus̬äˈräːneus]
Noun
[edit]mūsarāneus m (genitive mūsarāneī); second declension
- a shrew
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūsarāneus | mūsarāneī |
| genitive | mūsarāneī | mūsarāneōrum |
| dative | mūsarāneō | mūsarāneīs |
| accusative | mūsarāneum | mūsarāneōs |
| ablative | mūsarāneō | mūsarāneīs |
| vocative | mūsarānee | mūsarāneī |
Synonyms
[edit]- (shrew): mygalē
Descendants
[edit]- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: musaragno
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Middle French: mesiraigne, merisengne
- French: musaraigne
- Walloon: miserette, mesirette (possibly)
- Middle French: mesiraigne, merisengne
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *mureganeus
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: ranny
References
[edit]- “mygale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- musaraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.