noun · femininefirst declension
mūsica1
mūsica f (genitive mūsicae)
Classical[ˈmuː.sɪ.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈmuː.s̬i.ka]
Meaning
- music (art form)
- woman musician
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūsica | mūsicae |
| genitive | mūsicae | mūsicārum |
| dative | mūsicae | mūsicīs |
| accusative | mūsicam | mūsicās |
| ablative | mūsicā | mūsicīs |
| vocative | mūsica | mūsicae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- artem musicam discere, tractare
- to learn, study music.
mūsĭca, ae, and mūsĭcē, ēs, f., = μουσική,
I. the art of music, music; acc. to the notions of the ancients, also every higher kind of artistic or scientific culture or pursuit:
musicam Damone aut Aristoxeno tractante? etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132: socci et cothurni, i. e. comic and dramatic poetry, Aus. Ep. 10, 43: musice antiquis temporibus tantum venerationis habuit, ut, Quint. 1, 10, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mūsica ae, f
, μουσική, the art of music, music (including poetry): musicam tractans.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Elsewhere
- Italianmusica
- Catalanmúsicafrom Old Catalan musica
- Portuguesemúsicafrom Old Galician-Portuguese musica
- GermanMusikfrom Old High German musica
- Occitanmusicafrom Old Occitan muzica
- Occitanmusicofrom Old Occitan muzica
- Spanishmurgafrom Old Spanish *musga
- Spanishmúsicafrom Old Spanish *musga
- Romanianmuzică
- Sardinianmusica
Norwegian
- Northern Samimusihkka
In English words that came into English from mūsica
- musicmūsica
- musicalmūsicālis