Latin

Noun

mūsculus m ‎(genitive mūsculī); second declension

1. small mouse
2. (anatomy) muscle
3. saltwater mussel
4. (military) mantelet, shielding

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• mūsculāris
• mūsculōsus

Descendants

References

• musculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• musculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MUSCULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “musculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• musculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• musculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin