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musica
musica
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.si.ka/, [ˈmuː.sɪ.ka]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.si.ka/, [ˈmuː.si.ka]
Noun
mūsica f (genitive mūsicae); first declension
- music (art form)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūsica | mūsicae |
| genitive | mūsicae | mūsicārum |
| dative | mūsicae | mūsicīs |
| accusative | mūsicam | mūsicās |
| ablative | mūsicā | mūsicīs |
| vocative | mūsica | mūsicae |
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inflected form of mūsicus (“musical, of or pertaining to music”).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.si.ka/
Adjective
mūsica
- nominative feminine singular of mūsicus
- nominative neuter plural of mūsicus
- accusative neuter plural of mūsicus
- vocative feminine singular of mūsicus
- vocative neuter plural of mūsicus
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.si.kaː/
Adjective
mūsicā
- ablative feminine singular of mūsicus
References
- musica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- musica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MUSICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “musica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
- to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
- musica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- musica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin