mutulus

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.tu.lus/, [ˈmuː.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

mūtulus m (genitive mūtulī); second declension

  1. projecting shelf, bracket
  2. slab under corona of cornice
  3. stone or wood overhang

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mūtulus mūtulī
Genitive mūtulī mūtulōrum
Dative mūtulō mūtulīs
Accusative mūtulum mūtulōs
Ablative mūtulō mūtulīs
Vocative mūtule mūtulī

Descendants
  • Portuguese: mútulo (borrowing)
  • Romanian: muchie
  • Spanish: mojón

References
  • mutulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mutulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mutulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • mutulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mutulus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “mutulus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 139
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