mulus

Indonesian

Adjective

mulus

smooth

Latin

mūlus (a mule)

Etymology

Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean substrate language, likely cognate with Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós), μύκλος (múklos), μύκλα (múkla) and Albanian mushk (“mule”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.lus/, [ˈmuː.ɫʊs]
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Noun

mūlus m (genitive mūlī); second declension

a mule (pack animal)
(derogatory) ass, idiot

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūlus	mūlī
Genitive	mūlī	mūlōrum
Dative	mūlō	mūlīs
Accusative	mūlum	mūlōs
Ablative	mūlō	mūlīs
Vocative	mūle	mūlī

Synonyms

(ass, idiot): asinus
iumentum (when used to pull carts)

Hypernyms

iumenta (when used to pull carts)

Derived terms

mūla
mūlīnus
mūliō
mūliōnicus
mūlocisiārius

mūlomedicīna
mūlomedicus
mūtuum mūlī scabunt

Descendants

Albanian: mulë
Aragonese: mula
Catalan: mul
English: mule
Esperanto: mulo
French: mule
Galician: mula
Irish: miúil

Italian: mulo
Occitan: mul
Portuguese: mu, mulo
Romanian: mul
Russian: мул (mul)
Sicilian: mulu
Spanish: mulo

References

mulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
mulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Volapük

Noun

mulus

predicative plural of mul

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