muscosus Latin · revision 35907

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la mūscus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [muːsˈkoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [musˈkɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūscōsus''' (feminine mūscōsa, neuter mūscōsum, comparative mūscōsior, adverb mūscōsē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mūscus|-ōsus|t1=moss]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives the noun from [[itc-pro|*mū̆sko-]] and [[ine-pro|*mū̆s-ko-|t=moor, moss]], with cognates such as [[lt|mūsaĩ|t=mould]], [[non|mosi|t=moss, moorland]] and [[goh|mos|t=moss, marsh]]; whether it is connected with [[m|la|mustus]] is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Varro,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) of mossy meadows.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Catullus has a mossy stone and Virgil mossy springs;^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Cicero uses the comparative of a place, saying that nothing is colder or mossier.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD notes that it could also mean “like moss”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Sidonius has the adverb ''mūscōsē''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval Britain Aldhelm uses it in a string of adjectives beside ''sētōsus'', “bristly”, describing a hound.^(DMLBS) It lives on in Italian [[m|it|muscoso]].^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of mossy meadows.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the comparative of a place.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus writes of a mossy stone.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil writes of mossy springs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 639–709 AD – Aldhelm uses it of a hound.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Full of [[m|en|moss]], [[m|en|mossy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Resembling moss.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mūscus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}