LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

muscus1

muscus m (genitive muscī)

Meaning

  1. masculinemusk deer
  2. masculinemusk (secretion, odour)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

herba mollissima saxōrum ūmidōrum
mūscus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemuscusmuscī
genitivemuscīmuscōrum
dativemuscōmuscīs
accusativemuscummuscōs
ablativemuscōmuscīs
vocativemuscemuscī

muscus, i, m.
I. Moss, Cato, R. R. 6: musco circumlita saxa, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 7: mollis, Ov. M. 8, 562.—
II. Musk, Hier. in Jov. 2, n. 8.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos). See English musk for more.

Descendants
  • Frenchmuscfrom Old French musc
  • Englishmuskfrom Old French musc
  • GermanMoschus
  • Italianmusco
  • Italianmuschio
  • Sardiniannuscu
  • Spanishmoscadafrom Late Latin muscāta
  • Frenchmuguetfrom Late Latin muscāta
  • Englishmuguetfrom Late Latin muscāta
  • Catalanmuguetfrom Late Latin muscāta
noun · masculinesecond declension
mūscus2
mūscus m (genitive mūscī)

Meaning

  1. moss

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemūscusmūscī
genitivemūscīmūscōrum
dativemūscōmūscīs
accusativemūscummūscōs
ablativemūscōmūscīs
vocativemūscemūscī

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *mews-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *musą, Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemusgo
  • Spanishmusgo
  • Galicianmusgo
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmusco
  • Sicilianmuscu
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*mūsculum
  • Albanianmyshk
  • Greekμούσκλι
  • Greekμούσκλο

Quick answers

What does muscus mean in Latin?
muscus, a noun, means “musk deer; musk (secretion, odour)”.
What is the genitive of muscus?
The genitive singular is muscī. muscus is masculine, second declension.