Moschus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos, “musk”).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Moschidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Moschus moschiferus - type species; Moschus anhuiensis, Moschus berezovskii, Moschus chrysogaster, Moschus cupreus, Moschus fuscus, Moschus leucogaster - other species
References
Moschus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Moschus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Moschus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Moschus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Moschus at AnimalBase
- Moschus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Moschus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Moschus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Moschus at Fossilworks
German
Etymology
From Medieval Latin moschus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mošk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔʃʊs/
Derived terms
- moschusartig
- Moschusduft
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmos.kʰus/, [ˈmɔs.kʰʊs]
Proper noun
Moschus m sg (genitive Moschī); second declension
- a Roman cognomen
- (Can we date this quote?), Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Novus thesaurus veterum inscriptionum in praecipuis earumdem collectionibus hactenus praetermissarum, volume 1, Milan, published 1739, inscription no. 5, page 477:
- C. IVLIVS. DORYPHORVS / ET. L. TERENTIVS. PHILETVS / ET. TERENTIA. MOSCHIS / PORTICVM. TECTVM. D. D / PERMISSV. L. TERENTII. MOSCHI
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Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Moschus |
Genitive | Moschī |
Dative | Moschō |
Accusative | Moschum |
Ablative | Moschō |
Vocative | Mosche |
Adjective
Moschus (feminine Moscha, neuter Moschum); first/second-declension adjective
- Moschian (of or belonging to the Moschi)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Moschus | Moscha | Moschum | Moschī | Moschae | Moscha | |
Genitive | Moschī | Moschae | Moschī | Moschōrum | Moschārum | Moschōrum | |
Dative | Moschō | Moschō | Moschīs | ||||
Accusative | Moschum | Moscham | Moschum | Moschōs | Moschās | Moscha | |
Ablative | Moschō | Moschā | Moschō | Moschīs | |||
Vocative | Mosche | Moscha | Moschum | Moschī | Moschae | Moscha |
References
- Moschus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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