musculus

Latin

Etymology

From mūs (“mouse”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix), or literally “little mouse”. The “muscle” sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːs.ku.lus/, [ˈmuːs.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

mūsculus m (genitive mūsculī); second declension

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūsculus	mūsculī
Genitive	mūsculī	mūsculōrum
Dative	mūsculō	mūsculīs
Accusative	mūsculum	mūsculōs
Ablative	mūsculō	mūsculīs
Vocative	mūscule	mūsculī

Derived terms

Descendants

Albanian: muskul, mushk
Aromanian: mushclju
Asturian: muslu
Catalan: muscle, múscul
Dutch: mossel, mussel
English: muscle, mussel
French: muscle, moule
Friulian: muscul
Galician: músculo
German: Muskel; Muschel

Italian: muscolo
Occitan: muscle
Portuguese: músculo
Romanian: mușchi
Romansch: muscul, muscal, muscla
Russian: мускул (muskul)
Sardinian: musculu
Spanish: músculo, muslo
Swedish: muskel

References

musculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
musculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
musculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
musculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
musculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
musculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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