Mucius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mūcius m sg (genitive Mūciī or Mūcī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a legendary Roman soldier

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Mūcius
genitive Mūciī
Mūcī1
dative Mūciō
accusative Mūcium
ablative Mūciō
vocative Mūcī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Adjective

Mūcius (feminine Mūcia, neuter Mūcium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the gens Mucia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Mūcius Mūcia Mūcium Mūciī Mūciae Mūcia
genitive Mūciī Mūciae Mūciī Mūciōrum Mūciārum Mūciōrum
dative Mūciō Mūciae Mūciō Mūciīs
accusative Mūcium Mūciam Mūcium Mūciōs Mūciās Mūcia
ablative Mūciō Mūciā Mūciō Mūciīs
vocative Mūcie Mūcia Mūcium Mūciī Mūciae Mūcia

Descendants

  • Catalan: Mus
  • Italian: Muzio
  • Sicilian: Muzziu
  • → Spanish: Mucio

References

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