mulsa
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mulsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmul.sa/
- Rhymes: -ulsa
- Hyphenation: mùl‧sa
Noun
mulsa f (plural mulse)
- (rare) synonym of mulso
- 13th c., “Libro quinto, Cap. II. Del mandorlo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture][1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, pages 210–211:
- Ma si convengono scerre […] mandorle grandi, […] le quali si deono macerar nella mulsa molto adacquata, acciocchè 'l mordicamento […] non uccida il seme.
- But one should choose big almonds, which are to be macerated in very watered-down honeyed wine, so that the corrosion does not kill the seed.
Further reading
- mulsa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
Etymology 1
From mulsus (“soothed; mixed with honey”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊɫ.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmul.sa]
Noun
mulsa f (genitive mulsae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mulsa | mulsae |
genitive | mulsae | mulsārum |
dative | mulsae | mulsīs |
accusative | mulsam | mulsās |
ablative | mulsā | mulsīs |
vocative | mulsa | mulsae |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊɫ.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmul.sa]
Noun
mulsa
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mulsum
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊɫ.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmul.sa]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊɫ.saː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmul.sa]
Participle
mulsa
- inflection of mulsus:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Participle
mulsā
- feminine ablative singular of mulsus
References
- “mulsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "mulsa", 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)
- mulsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.