LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mūla

mūla f (genitive mūlae)
Classical[ˈmuː.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈmuː.la]

Meaning

  1. female mule, she-mule
    […]: mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.[…] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.14

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemūlamūlae
genitivemūlaemūlārum
dativemūlaemūlīs
mūlābus
accusativemūlammūlās
ablativemūlāmūlīs
mūlābus
vocativemūlamūlae

mūla, ae (
I. abl. plur. mulabus: data et vehicula cum mulabus ac mulionibus, Capitol. Ver. 5; Tert. Uxor. 2, 8; Prisc. p. 733 P.), f. mulus, a she-mule; also, in gen., a mule (used instead of horses for drawing carriages or bearing litters): ex asino et equā mula gignitur, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171; Juv. 7, 181.—She-mules bear no young, Plin. l. l. § 173. Hence: mulae partus a te prolatus est: res mirabilis propterea, quia non saepe fit, Cic. Div. 2, 22, 49; cf. id. ib. 1, 18, 36: hoc monstrum fetae conparo mulae, Juv. 13, 66.—Hence, prov.: cum mula peperit, when a mule foals, i. e. never, Suet. Galb. 4.

Origins

Feminine of mūlus; mūlus + -a (feminine suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanmula
  • Frenchmule
  • Franco-Provençalmula
Elsewhere
  • Portuguesemulafrom Old Galician-Portuguese mula
  • Spanishmulafrom Old Spanish mula
  • Falamulafrom Old Galician-Portuguese mula
  • Ladinomulafrom Old Spanish mula
  • Ladinoמולהfrom Old Spanish mula
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmula
  • Corsicanmula
Ibero-Romance
  • Aragonesemula
  • Falamúafrom Old Galician-Portuguese mua

Quick answers

What does mūla mean in Latin?
mūla, a noun, means “female mule, she-mule”.
What is the genitive of mūla?
The genitive singular is mūlae. mūla is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce mūla?
In classical Latin, [ˈmuː.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmuː.la].