muceo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.ke.oː/, [ˈmuːkeoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈmuːt͡ʃeo]
Verb
mūceō (present infinitive mūcēre, perfect active mūcuī, supine mūcitum); second conjugation
- (pre-Classical) I am mouldy or musty
- 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 148:
- Vini in culleos singulos quadragenae et singulae urnae dabuntur. Quod neque aceat neque muceat, id dabitur.
- Forty-one urns to the culleus will be delivered, and only wine which is neither sour nor musty will be sold.
- Vini in culleos singulos quadragenae et singulae urnae dabuntur. Quod neque aceat neque muceat, id dabitur.
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “muceo”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- muceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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