mustus

Ido

Verb

mustus

conditional of mustar

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin.

Traditionally connected to muscus (“moss”); if so, then from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”), and cognate with English moss, Old High German mos (“moss”) (German Moos), Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus (“moss”).

De Vaan shows some skepticism of the above etymology, and provides an alternative theoretical derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mud-s-tos, from *mewd- (“to be cheerful, become happy”),^[1] whence Sanskrit मुद् (mud, “to rejoice”), Lithuanian mudrùs (“nimble, alert”).^[2] However, he notes that this derivation is semantically bold.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊs.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmus.t̪us]

Adjective

mustus (feminine musta, neuter mustum); first/second-declension adjective

fresh, young
unfermented (wine)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	mustus	musta	mustum	mustī	mustae	musta
genitive	mustī	mustae	mustī	mustōrum	mustārum	mustōrum
dative	mustō	mustae	mustō	mustīs
accusative	mustum	mustam	mustum	mustōs	mustās	musta
ablative	mustō	mustā	mustō	mustīs
vocative	muste	musta	mustum	mustī	mustae	musta

Derived terms

mustum

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mustus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meu̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 443

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