muceo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ke.oː/, [ˈmuːkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈmuːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

mūceō (present infinitive mūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (Old Latin) to be mouldy or musty
   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 148:

     Vini in culleos singulos quadragenae et singulae urnae dabuntur. Quod neque aceat neque muceat, id dabitur.

     Forty-one urns to the culleus will be delivered, and only wine which is neither sour nor musty will be sold.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mūceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mūceō	mūcēs	mūcet	mūcēmus	mūcētis	mūcent
	imperfect	mūcēbam	mūcēbās	mūcēbat	mūcēbāmus	mūcēbātis	mūcēbant
	future	mūcēbō	mūcēbis	mūcēbit	mūcēbimus	mūcēbitis	mūcēbunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mūceam	mūceās	mūceat	mūceāmus	mūceātis	mūceant
	imperfect	mūcērem	mūcērēs	mūcēret	mūcērēmus	mūcērētis	mūcērent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mūcē	—	—	mūcēte	—
	future	—	mūcētō	mūcētō	—	mūcētōte	mūcentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mūcēre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		mūcēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mūcendī	mūcendō	mūcendum	mūcendō	—	—

Derived terms

• mūcēscō
• mūcidus
• mūcor

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: musir, mucir
• French: moisir
• Lombard: musir (Ticinese)
• Occitan: mosir

  Auvergnat: mejir, mesir

References

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