noun · neutersecond declension
mustum
mustum n (genitive mustī)
Classical[ˈmʊs.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmus.tum]
Meaning
- neutermust; unfermented or partially fermented grape juice or wine; new wine; vintage
inque cavōs ierant tertia musta lacūs
and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats (The Latin word for ‘‘new’’ or ‘‘fresh’’ is mustus; mustum means freshly pressed grape juice or must.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.558
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mustum | musta |
| genitive | mustī | mustōrum |
| dative | mustō | mustīs |
| accusative | mustum | musta |
| ablative | mustō | mustīs |
| vocative | mustum | musta |
mustum, i, v. mustus, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mustum ī, n
fresh grape-juice, unfermented wine, must: dulce, V., Iu.—Plur, vintages, autumns: ter centum musta videre, O.—Fig.: quasi de musto ac lacu fervida oratio, i. e. still in ferment.
Origins
Neuter of mustus (“newborn, new, fresh, perhaps lit. 'wet'”)
Descendants
- Catalanmost
- Italianmosto
- Frenchmoûtfrom Old French moust
- Portuguesemosto
- Romanianmust
- Spanishmosto
- Aromanianmustu
- Dalmatianmost
- Friulianmost
- Galicianmosto