musicus Latin · revision 9564

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Terence|origins=grc Μοῦσα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmuː.sɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmuː.s̬i.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūsicus''' (feminine mūsica, neuter mūsicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|μουσικός|tr=mousikós|t=of the Muses; musical]], from [[m|grc|Μοῦσα|tr=Moûsa|t=Muse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Terence, whom he dates 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the Muses and the arts they protect, especially poetry, as in Gellius; of music, as in Cicero's ''lēgēs mūsicae'', and Pliny's ''pedēs mūsicī'' “musical rhythm”, the neuter plural being the art of music; and of persons skilled in music, and as a noun a musician, as in Cicero, or in Ausonius a poet.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant musical, and as a noun a musicologist; the feminine ''mūsica'' was music theory.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it also for of the Muses.^(DMLBS) Latin ''mūsica'', from the same Greek, gave [[en|music]] in the mid-13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of music and musicians.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of the Muses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the Muses; poetic.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of [[m|en|music]], musical.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|musician]]; a poet.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # (neuter plural) The art of music.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immusicus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mūsica]]

+ * [[Mūsa]]

+ * [[en|music]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}