musca

See also muşca, muscă, muscã, and Musca

Latin

musca (a fly)

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Cognates with the Sanskrit makshikà, Old Church Slavonic мѹха (muxa), and the Ancient Greek μυῖα (muia, “a fly”) of which μυἱσκα may be a diminutive form. Confer the German Mücke (“mosquito”) and English midge and mosquito.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmus.ka/

Noun

musca (genitive muscae); f, first declension

1. a fly (insect)

   Puer, abige muscas.

   Repel those flies, boy.

2. (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying people

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	musca	muscae
genitive	muscae	muscārum
dative	muscae	muscīs
accusative	muscam	muscās
ablative	muscā	muscīs
vocative	musca	muscae

Derived terms

• muscārium
• muscārius

Descendants

Aromanian: muscã Catalan: mosca Dalmatian: muasca French: mouche Friulian: mosčhe Italian: mosca Jèrriais: moûque

Occitan: mosca Portuguese: mosca Romanian: muscă Romansch: mustga Sardinian: musca Spanish: mosca Venetian: mósca

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Romanian

Noun

musca f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of muscă)

1. the fly