murilegus
Latin
Etymology
From mūs (“mouse”) + -legus (suffix meaning "the one who gathers").
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [muːˈrɪ.ɫɛ.ɡʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [muˈriː.le.ɡus]
Noun
mūrilegus m (genitive mūrilegī); second declension
- A cat, one who gathers mice.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūrilegus | mūrilegī |
| genitive | mūrilegī | mūrilegōrum |
| dative | mūrilegō | mūrilegīs |
| accusative | mūrilegum | mūrilegōs |
| ablative | mūrilegō | mūrilegīs |
| vocative | mūrilege | mūrilegī |
Synonyms
See also
References
- “murilegus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- murilegus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011