adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mustus
mustus (feminine musta, neuter mustum)
Classical[ˈmʊs.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmus.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivefresh, young
- adjectiveunfermented (wine)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mustus | musta | mustum |
| genitive | mustī | mustae | mustī |
| dative | mustō | mustae | mustō |
| accusative | mustum | mustam | mustum |
| ablative | mustō | mustā | mustō |
| vocative | muste | musta | mustum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mustī | mustae | musta |
| genitive | mustōrum | mustārum | mustōrum |
| dative | mustīs | mustīs | mustīs |
| accusative | mustōs | mustās | musta |
| ablative | mustīs | mustīs | mustīs |
| vocative | mustī | mustae | musta |
mustus, a, um,
I. adj., young, new, fresh (as adj. only ante-class.): agna, Cato ap. Prisc. 711 P.:
vinum, id. R. R. 115.—II. Subst.: mustum, i, n., new or unfermented wine, must, Cato, R. R. 120:
dulce, Verg. G. 1, 295: novum, Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 2: linire victuro dolia musto, Juv. 9, 58.—Plur., of the different kinds of must, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125 al.—Poet. in plur.: musta, ōrum, vintages, i. e. autumns: tercentum musta videre, Ov. M. 14, 146.—Trop.: quasi de musto ac lacu fervidam orationem fugiendam, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.—B. Transf., of oil: olei musta, new oil (al. olei, quam musta), Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5.
Origins
Of unclear origin. Traditionally connected to muscus (“moss”); if so, then from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”), and cognate with English moss, Old High German mos (“moss”) (German Moos), Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus (“moss”). De Vaan shows some skepticism of the above etymology, and provides an alternative theoretical derivation from Proto-Indo-European *mud-s-tos, from *mewd- (“to be cheerful, become happy”), whence Sanskrit मुद् (mud, “to rejoice”), Lithuanian mudrùs (“nimble, alert”). However, he notes that this derivation is semantically bold.