mulsa

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mulsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/
• Rhymes: -ulsa
• Hyphenation: mùl‧sa

Noun

mulsa f (plural mulse)

1. (rare) Synonym of mulso
   • 13^th c., “Libro quinto, Cap. II. Del mandorlo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎^[1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, pages 210–211:

     Ma si convengono scerre […] mandorle grandi, […] le quali si deono macerar nella mulsa molto adacquata, acciocchè 'l mordicamento […] non uccida il seme.

     But one should choose big almonds, which are to be macerated in very watered-down honeyed wine, so that the corrosion does not kill the seed.

Further reading

• mulsa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Etymology 1

From mulsus (“soothed; mixed with honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmʊɫ̪s̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmulsä]

Noun

mulsa f (genitive mulsae); first declension

1. mead

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mulsa	mulsae
Genitive	mulsae	mulsārum
Dative	mulsae	mulsīs
Accusative	mulsam	mulsās
Ablative	mulsā	mulsīs
Vocative	mulsa	mulsae

Synonyms

• medo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmʊɫ̪s̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmulsä]

Noun

mulsa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mulsum

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmʊɫ̪s̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmulsä]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.saː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪s̠äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.sa/, [ˈmulsä]

Participle

mulsa

1. inflection of mulsus:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Participle

mulsā

1. feminine ablative singular of mulsus

References

• “mulsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mulsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mulsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• malus