myxa
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmyk.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmik.sa]
Noun
myxa f (genitive myxae); first declension
- sebesten (tree)
- the curved part of a lamp, nozzle
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | myxa | myxae |
genitive | myxae | myxārum |
dative | myxae | myxīs |
accusative | myxam | myxās |
ablative | myxā | myxīs |
vocative | myxa | myxae |
Related terms
Further reading
- “myxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "myxa", 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)
- myxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.