muriceps
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mūs (“mouse”) + -ceps (“-catcher, -taker”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.ri.keps/, [ˈmuːrɪkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ri.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈmuːrit͡ʃeps]
Noun[edit]
mūriceps m (genitive mūricipis); third declension
- (Late Latin) A cat, one who gathers mice.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūriceps | mūricipēs |
| Genitive | mūricipis | mūricipum |
| Dative | mūricipī | mūricipibus |
| Accusative | mūricipem | mūricipēs |
| Ablative | mūricipe | mūricipibus |
| Vocative | mūriceps | mūricipēs |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- muriceps 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)
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-
- Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (catcher)
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Late Latin
- la:Cats