noun · femininefirst declension
mūstēla1
mūstēla f (genitive mūstēlae)
Classical[muːsˈteː.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[musˈtɛː.la]
Meaning
- weasel
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūstēla | mūstēlae |
| genitive | mūstēlae | mūstēlārum |
| dative | mūstēlae | mūstēlīs |
| accusative | mūstēlam | mūstēlās |
| ablative | mūstēlā | mūstēlīs |
| vocative | mūstēla | mūstēlae |
mustēla or mustella, ae, f. mus.
I. A weasel:
certum est mustelae posthac numquam credere, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 43; cf. Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60.—II. A fish; acc. to some, a lamprey; acc. to others, an eelpout, Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63: marina, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 1 Vahl.).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mustēla (-ella) ae, f
a weasel, C., H., Ph.
Origins
PIE word *múHs Probably from unattested form *mūstrelā, a diminutive from a Proto-Italic *mūstrā (“mouse-like animal”) (reflected in mūstricula (“last”)), related to mūs (“mouse”). Other hypotheses include: * From a Proto-Indo-European compound *múHs-dʰers-leh₂ (“mouse-grabber”). * Cognate with Proto-Slavic *mystlь, *mystlъ (“flying squirrel”) and Ossetian мыстулӕг (mystulæg, “weasel”), said to be inherited from Proto-Indo-European; far more likely, though, this would represent a Wanderwort of which the source is either Latin or Scythian. The relationship (if any) between these words remains uncertain.
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanmostela
- Catalanmustela
- Occitanmostèla
- Occitanmostèl
Italo-Romance
- Italianmustela
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishmustela
- Asturianmustadiella
- Leonesemustadiella
- Leonesemusturiella
- Leonesemostaniella
- Leonesemostoliella
Borrowings
- Englishmustela
- TranslingualMustela
Padanian
- Piedmontesemostèila
- Piedmontesemostaila
- Romanshmustaila
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalmotêla
- Franco-Provençalmotelèta
- Old Frenchmoustoile
In English words that came into English from mūstēla
- mustelinemūstēlīnus
- mustelamūstēla