nounthird declension
mūs caecus
mūs caecus m (genitive mūris caecī)
Meaning
- Late Latinbat
Plervmqve a nociuis animalibus, id eſt colubris, ſcorpiis, phalangiis, & muribus caecis animalia feriuntur, & in periculum veniunt.
Most animals are harmed and put into danger by harmful animals, that is: snakes, scorpions, spiders and bats.4th century, Vegetius, chapter LXXXVII, in Artis veterinariae, sive mulo medicinae [Art of veterinary, or mule medicine], volume III; republished as Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini [Latin writers on rural topics], Leipzig: Sumtibus Caspari Fritsch, 1735, page 1150:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūs caecus | mūrēs caecī |
| genitive | mūris caecī | mūrium caecōrum mūrum caecōrum |
| dative | mūrī caecō | mūribus caecīs |
| accusative | mūrem caecum | mūrēs caecōs mūrīs caecōs |
| ablative | mūre caecō | mūribus caecīs |
| vocative | mūs caece | mūrēs caecī |
Origins
Literally, “blind mouse”.
Descendants
- Catalanmuricec
- Portuguesemorcegofrom Old Galician-Portuguese murcego
- Spanishmurciélagofrom Old Spanish murciego
- Spanishmorziegalofrom Old Spanish murciego
- Spanishmurciégalofrom Old Spanish murciego
- Catalanmuriacfrom Vulgar Latin *mūrecaecus
- Catalanasmuriacfrom Vulgar Latin *mūrecaecus
- Catalanasmuriecfrom Vulgar Latin *mūrecaecus
- Aragonesemoriciego
- Asturianmorciéganu