miscellus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *minuscellus, formally a diminutive of minusculus (“somewhat smaller”), semantically influenced by miscēre (“to mix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /miːsˈkel.lus/, [miːs̠ˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miʃˈʃel.lus/, [miʃˈʃɛlːus]

Adjective

mīscellus (feminine mīscella, neuter mīscellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. an inferior type of grape and the vine producing it
   1. (of a wine made from this grape)
2. mixed, hybrid (of mixed type or breed)
3. assorted, miscellaneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīscellus	mīscella	mīscellum		mīscellī	mīscellae	mīscella
Genitive	mīscellī	mīscellae	mīscellī		mīscellōrum	mīscellārum	mīscellōrum
Dative	mīscellō		mīscellō		mīscellīs
Accusative	mīscellum	mīscellam	mīscellum		mīscellōs	mīscellās	mīscella
Ablative	mīscellō	mīscellā	mīscellō		mīscellīs
Vocative	mīscelle	mīscella	mīscellum		mīscellī	mīscellae	mīscella

Synonyms

• (hybrid): bigenerus, hybrida
• (mixed, assorted): prōmiscuus, varius

Antonyms

• pūrus, simplex

Derived terms

• mīscellāneus

Related terms

• misceō
• miscīx
• mistārius / mixtārius
• mistīcius / mixtīcius
• mistim / mixtim
• mistiō / mixtiō
• mistūra / mixtūra
• mistūrātus / mixtūrātus
• mistus / mixtus

Descendants

• Italian: miscela

References

• “miscellus” on page 1228 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “minor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

• “miscellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• miscellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.