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”),[1] whence Sanskrit मुद् (mud, “to rejoice”), Lithuanian mudrùs (“nimble, alert”).[2] However, he notes that this derivation is semantically bold.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. fresh, young
  2. unfermented (wine)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mustus musta mustum mustī mustae musta
Genitive mustī mustae mustī mustōrum mustārum mustōrum
Dative mustō mustō mustīs
Accusative mustum mustam mustum mustōs mustās musta
Ablative mustō mustā mustō mustīs
Vocative muste musta mustum mustī mustae musta

Derived terms

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.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meu̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 443
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