musaraneus

Latin

Alternative forms

• mūs arāneus

Etymology

From mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muː.saˈraː.ne.us/, [muːs̠äˈräːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mu.saˈra.ne.us/, [mus̬äˈräːneus]

Noun

mūsarāneus m (genitive mūsarāneī); second declension

1. a shrew

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūsarāneus	mūsarāneī
Genitive	mūsarāneī	mūsarāneōrum
Dative	mūsarāneō	mūsarāneīs
Accusative	mūsarāneum	mūsarāneōs
Ablative	mūsarāneō	mūsarāneīs
Vocative	mūsarānee	mūsarāneī

Synonyms

• (shrew): mygalē

Descendants

• Catalan: musaranya
• English: ranny
• Middle French: merisengne, mesiraigne
  • French: musaraigne (borrowed)
• Galician: musaraño
• Occitan: musaranha

• Portuguese: musaranho
• Spanish: musaraña
  • Tagalog: musaranya
• Walloon: miserette, mesirette (possibly)

References

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