mitulus

Latin

Alternative forms

• mȳtilus

Etymology

Unclear; probably related to Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; shellfish, mussel”). Compare mys, myax (= Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax)), myisca (= Ancient Greek μῠΐσκη (muḯskē)), all names of shellfish.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.tu.lus/, [ˈmiːt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tu.lus/, [ˈmiːt̪ulus]

Noun

mītulus m (genitive mītulī); second declension

1. a kind of edible mussel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mītulus	mītulī
genitive	mītulī	mītulōrum
dative	mītulō	mītulīs
accusative	mītulum	mītulōs
ablative	mītulō	mītulīs
vocative	mītule	mītulī

Descendants

• Italian: nicchio
• Sicilian: nicchiu

References

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