musicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsicus, from Ancient Greek μουσικός (mousikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmy.zi.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cus

Noun

musicus m (plural musici, diminutive musicusje n)

1. musician (a person who plays or sings music)

   Synonyms: muzikant, toonkunstenaar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: musikus
• → Indonesian: musikus
• → Indonesian: musisi (from the plural)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσικός (mousikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.sɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.s̬i.kus]

Adjective

mūsicus (feminine mūsica, neuter mūsicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to music, musical
2. of or pertaining to poetry, poetic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mūsicus	mūsica	mūsicum		mūsicī	mūsicae	mūsica
genitive	mūsicī	mūsicae	mūsicī		mūsicōrum	mūsicārum	mūsicōrum
dative	mūsicō	mūsicae	mūsicō		mūsicīs
accusative	mūsicum	mūsicam	mūsicum		mūsicōs	mūsicās	mūsica
ablative	mūsicō	mūsicā	mūsicō		mūsicīs
vocative	mūsice	mūsica	mūsicum		mūsicī	mūsicae	mūsica

Noun

mūsicus m (genitive mūsicī); second declension

1. musician

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūsicus	mūsicī
genitive	mūsicī	mūsicōrum
dative	mūsicō	mūsicīs
accusative	mūsicum	mūsicōs
ablative	mūsicō	mūsicīs
vocative	mūsice	mūsicī

Related terms

• mūsica
• mūsicātus

Descendants

• → Dutch: musicus
  • Afrikaans: musikus
  • → Indonesian: musikus
  • → Indonesian: musisi (from the plural)
• → Galician: músico
• → German: Musikus
• → Hungarian: muzsikus
• → Polish: muzyk
• → Portuguese: músico
• → Spanish: músico

References

• “musicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “musicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “musicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.