noun · femininefirst declension
musca
musca f (genitive muscae)
Classical[ˈmʊs.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈmus.ka]
Meaning
- femininea fly (insect)
Puer, abige muscas.
Repel those flies, boy. - femininean inquisitive or prying person
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | musca muscula | muscae musculae |
| genitive | muscae musculae | muscārum musculārum |
| dative | muscae musculae | muscīs musculīs |
| accusative | muscam musculam | muscās musculās |
| ablative | muscā musculā | muscīs musculīs |
| vocative | musca muscula | muscae musculae |
musca, ae, f. Sanscr. makshikà, a fly; Gr. μυῖα, of which musca, μυἱσκα, may be a dim. form; cf. Germ. Mücke; Engl. midge, musquito,
I. a fly, Varr. R. R. 3, 16:
puer, abige muscas, Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 247: muscas fugare, Mart. 3, 82, 12: muscas captare ac stilo praeacuto configere (solebat Domitianus), Suet. Dom. 3.—Transf., of troublesome persons.—So of inquisitive, prying people, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 26; of obtrusive, unbidden guests, id. Poen. 3, 3, 76.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
musca ae, f
MVS-, a fly .
Origins
From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mews- (“fly”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”) (of which μυΐσκη (muḯskē) may be a diminutive form), Old Armenian մուն (mun, “gnat, midge; itch”), German Mücke (“midge”), and English midge, midget.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanmosca
- Frenchmouchefrom Old French musche
- Englishmouchefrom Old French musche
- Portuguesemuchefrom Old French musche
- Occitanmosca
- Franco-Provençalmouche
- Antillean Creolemouchfrom Old French musche
- Haitian Creolemouchfrom Old French musche
- Mauritian Creolemousfrom Old French musche
- Réunion Creole Frenchmousfrom Old French musche
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesemoscafrom Old Galician-Portuguese mosca
- Spanishmoscafrom Old Spanish mosca
- Asturianmosca
- Falamoscafrom Old Galician-Portuguese mosca
- Galicianmoscafrom Old Galician-Portuguese mosca
- Ladinomoshkafrom Old Spanish mosca
- Ladinoמושקהfrom Old Spanish mosca
Insular Romance
- Sardinianmusca
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianmuscă
- Aromanianmuscã
- Istro-Romanianmușkĕ
- Megleno-Romanianmuscă
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianmosca
- Dalmatianmuasca
- Neapolitanmosca
- Neapolitanmusca
- Sicilianmusca
- Venetanmósca
Elsewhere
- Catalanmoixófrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- Aragonesemuxónfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- Picardmouchonfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- Walloonmoxhonfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- Dutchmusfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- Afrikaansmusfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- West Frisianmoskfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
- LuxembourgishMëschfrom Vulgar Latin musciō
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianmoscje
- Romanshmustga