myxa

English

Etymology

From Latin, a lamp nozzle, from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).

Noun

myxa

  1. (zoology) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “myxa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).

Pronunciation

Noun

myxa f (genitive myxae); first declension

  1. sebesten (tree)
  2. the curved part of a lamp, nozzle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative myxa myxae
Genitive myxae myxārum
Dative myxae myxīs
Accusative myxam myxās
Ablative myxā myxīs
Vocative myxa myxae

References
  • “myxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • myxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • myxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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