muscarius

Latin

Etymology

From musca (“fly”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /musˈkaː.ri.us/, [mʊs̠ˈkäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /musˈka.ri.us/, [musˈkäːrius]

Adjective

muscārius (feminine muscāria, neuter muscārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to flies, fly-
2. (transferred meaning) the umbel; the hairy or fibrous part of plants

   Semine in muscariis dependente.

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3. (transferred meaning) the hairy or fibrous part of plants
4. (transferred meaning) a closet or safe in which writings were kept to protect them from flies

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	muscārius	muscāria	muscārium		muscāriī	muscāriae	muscāria
genitive	muscāriī	muscāriae	muscāriī		muscāriōrum	muscāriārum	muscāriōrum
dative	muscāriō	muscāriae	muscāriō		muscāriīs
accusative	muscārium	muscāriam	muscārium		muscāriōs	muscāriās	muscāria
ablative	muscāriō	muscāriā	muscāriō		muscāriīs
vocative	muscārie	muscāria	muscārium		muscāriī	muscāriae	muscāria

Derived terms

• clavus muscarius (a broad-headed nail)
• muscārium (a fly trap, a fly brush)

Descendants

• mosqueira

References

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