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mulus
mulus
Latin
mūlus (a mule)
Etymology
Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean substrate language, likely cognate with Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós), μύκλος (múklos), μύκλα (múkla) and Albanian mushk (“mule”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.lus/
Noun
mūlus m (genitive mūlī); second declension
- a mule (pack animal)
- (pejorative) ass, idiot
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūlus | mūlī |
| genitive | mūlī | mūlōrum |
| dative | mūlō | mūlīs |
| accusative | mūlum | mūlōs |
| ablative | mūlō | mūlīs |
| vocative | mūle | mūlī |
Synonyms
- (ass, idiot): asinus
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- mulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.