musivum

Latin

Alternative forms

• mūsīum (Late Latin, prescriptive)
• mūsēum (Late Latin, proscribed in this sense)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon). Doublet of mūsēum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [muːˈsiː.wũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [muˈs̬iː.vum]

Noun

mūsīvum n (genitive mūsīvī); second declension

1. mosaic

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mūsīvum	mūsīva
genitive	mūsīvī	mūsīvōrum
dative	mūsīvō	mūsīvīs
accusative	mūsīvum	mūsīva
ablative	mūsīvō	mūsīvīs
vocative	mūsīvum	mūsīva

References

• "musivum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)