mustaceus
Latin
Etymology
From mustum (“must”) + -āceus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mʊsˈtaː.ke.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [musˈt̪aː.t͡ʃe.us]
Noun
mustāceus m (genitive mustāceī); second declension
- must-cake, laurel-cake (a kind of wedding cake made with must and baked on laurel leaves)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mustāceus | mustāceī |
| genitive | mustāceī | mustāceōrum |
| dative | mustāceō | mustāceīs |
| accusative | mustāceum | mustāceōs |
| ablative | mustāceō | mustāceīs |
| vocative | mustācee | mustāceī |
Descendants
- Catalan: mostassa, ⇒ mostalla, mostarda
- Italian: mostacciolo, ⇒ mostarda
- → English: mostaccioli
- Spanish: mostaza
- → Karao: mostasa
- → Byzantine Greek: μουστάκια (moustákia)
References
- “mustaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mustaceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.