mucor

See also: Mucor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mucor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/

Noun

mucor (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The property of being mucid.
    • a. 1691, Robert Boyle, The Second Continuation of Physico-Mechanical Experiments
      I perceived one tulip in the compressed air to be infected with some mucor or sinew

Anagrams

French

Noun

mucor m (plural mucors)

  1. any fungus of the genus Mucor

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From mūceō (“become moldy”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

mūcor m (genitive mūcōris); third declension

  1. bread-mold, moldiness
  2. wine-must

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mūcor mūcōrēs
Genitive mūcōris mūcōrum
Dative mūcōrī mūcōribus
Accusative mūcōrem mūcōrēs
Ablative mūcōre mūcōribus
Vocative mūcor mūcōrēs

Descendants
  • Aromanian: mucoari
  • → English: mucor
  • → French: mucor
  • Romanian: mucoare
  • Spanish: mugor, mugre
  • Translingual: Mucor

References
  • “mucor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mucor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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