molluscus
Latin
Etymology
De Vaan explains the term as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus. This same Proto-Italic term was remade into the i-stem form mollis. According to De Vaan, molluscus probably derives from *moldusko-, from *mldu-sko-, itself from *ml̥dus before the term was transformed into an i-stem form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔlˈlʊs.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [molˈlus.kus]
Adjective
molluscus (feminine mollusca, neuter molluscum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | molluscus | mollusca | molluscum | molluscī | molluscae | mollusca | |
| genitive | molluscī | molluscae | molluscī | molluscōrum | molluscārum | molluscōrum | |
| dative | molluscō | molluscae | molluscō | molluscīs | |||
| accusative | molluscum | molluscam | molluscum | molluscōs | molluscās | mollusca | |
| ablative | molluscō | molluscā | molluscō | molluscīs | |||
| vocative | mollusce | mollusca | molluscum | molluscī | molluscae | mollusca | |
Synonyms
- (soft): mollis
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “molluscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “molluscus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386