murilegus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mūs (“mouse”) + -legus (suffix meaning "the one who gathers").
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /muːˈri.le.ɡus/, [muːˈrɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /muˈri.le.ɡus/, [muˈriːleɡus]
Noun
[edit]mūrilegus m (genitive mūrilegī); second declension
- A cat, one who gathers mice.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūrilegus | mūrilegī |
Genitive | mūrilegī | mūrilegōrum |
Dative | mūrilegō | mūrilegīs |
Accusative | mūrilegum | mūrilegōs |
Ablative | mūrilegō | mūrilegīs |
Vocative | mūrilege | mūrilegī |
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- murilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “murilegus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011