mustus

Ido

Verb

mustus

1. conditional of mustar

Latin

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmus.tus/, [ˈmʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmus.tus/, [ˈmust̪us]

Adjective

mustus (feminine musta, neuter mustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fresh, young
2. unfermented (wine)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mustus	musta	mustum		mustī	mustae	musta
genitive	mustī	mustae	mustī		mustōrum	mustārum	mustōrum
dative	mustō	mustae	mustō		mustīs
accusative	mustum	mustam	mustum		mustōs	mustās	musta
ablative	mustō	mustā	mustō		mustīs
vocative	muste	musta	mustum		mustī	mustae	musta

Derived terms

• mustum

References

• “mustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.