miscellus
Latin
Etymology
From earlier *minuscellus, formally a diminutive of minusculus (“somewhat smaller”), semantically influenced by miscēre (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miːsˈkel.lus/, [miːs̠ˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miʃˈʃel.lus/, [miʃˈʃɛlːus]
Adjective
mīscellus (feminine mīscella, neuter mīscellum); first/second-declension adjective
- an inferior type of grape and the vine producing it
- (of a wine made from this grape)
- mixed, hybrid (of mixed type or breed)
- 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
Derived terms
Related terms
- 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.