"musca" meaning in Latin

See musca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmus.ka/ [Classical], [ˈmʊs̠kä] [Classical], /ˈmus.ka/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmuskä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. See also Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), and the Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”) of which μυΐσκη (muḯskē) may be a diminutive form. Compare the German Mücke (“midge”) and English midge, midget. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*mus-}} Proto-Indo-European *mus-, {{m|ine-pro|*mu-}} *mu-, {{m|ine-pro|*mew-}} *mew-, {{cog|cu|моуха}} Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), {{cog|grc|μυῖα|t=a fly}} Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”), {{m|grc|μυΐσκη}} μυΐσκη (muḯskē), {{cog|de|Mücke|t=midge}} German Mücke (“midge”), {{cog|en|midge}} English midge, {{m|en|midget}} midget Head templates: {{la-noun|musca<1>}} musca f (genitive muscae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|musca<1>}} Forms: muscae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], musca [nominative, singular], muscae [nominative, plural], muscae [genitive, singular], muscārum [genitive, plural], muscae [dative, singular], muscīs [dative, plural], muscam [accusative, singular], muscās [accusative, plural], muscā [ablative, singular], muscīs [ablative, plural], musca [singular, vocative], muscae [plural, vocative]
  1. a fly (insect) Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-musca-la-noun-p7sJCC2U Disambiguation of Insects: 48 52
  2. (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying person Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-musca-la-noun-tBHoxePE Disambiguation of Insects: 48 52 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: muscārium, muscārius

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "muscārium"
    },
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    }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "rup",
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          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: muscã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: muscã"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "muasca"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: muasca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: muasca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
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          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: mouche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: mouche"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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            "1": "fro",
            "2": "mousche"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: mousche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: mousche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "mousche"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: mousche\nFrench: mouche\n→ English: mouche\n→ Portuguese: muche\n→ Swedish: musch\n→ Turkish: muş",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: mousche\nFrench: mouche\n→ English: mouche\n→ Portuguese: muche\n→ Swedish: musch\n→ Turkish: muş"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "moscje"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: moscje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: moscje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "moûque"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: moûque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: moûque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "muscă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: muscă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: muscă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "mustga"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: mustga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: mustga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "musca"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: musca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: musca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "musca"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: musca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: musca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: mosca\nLadino: moshka (Latin spelling), מושקה (Hebrew spelling)\nSpanish: mosca",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: mosca\nLadino: moshka (Latin spelling), מושקה (Hebrew spelling)\nSpanish: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mósca"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mósca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mósca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "moxhe"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: moxhe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: moxhe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "musciō",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: musciō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: musciō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "moixó"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: moixó",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: moixó"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "muxón"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: muxón",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: muxón"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "muissun"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: muissun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: muissun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pcd",
            "2": "mouchon"
          },
          "expansion": "Picard: mouchon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Picard: mouchon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "moxhon"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: moxhon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: moxhon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "musca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Dutch: musca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Dutch: musca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "mussche"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: mussche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: mussche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "mus"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: mus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: mus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "mus"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: mus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: mus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "mosk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ West Frisian: mosk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ West Frisian: mosk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Mësch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Mësch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luxembourgish: Mësch"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mus-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mus-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*mu-"
      },
      "expansion": "*mu-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*mew-"
      },
      "expansion": "*mew-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "моуха"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μυῖα",
        "t": "a fly"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μυΐσκη"
      },
      "expansion": "μυΐσκη (muḯskē)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mücke",
        "t": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mücke (“midge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "English midge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "midget"
      },
      "expansion": "midget",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.\nSee also Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), and the Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”) of which μυΐσκη (muḯskē) may be a diminutive form. Compare the German Mücke (“midge”) and English midge, midget.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "musca<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "la:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Repel those flies, boy.",
          "text": "Puer, abige muscas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fly (insect)"
      ],
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        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "la:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an inquisitive or prying person"
      ],
      "id": "en-musca-la-noun-tBHoxePE",
      "links": [
        [
          "inquisitive",
          "inquisitive"
        ],
        [
          "pry",
          "pry"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred meaning",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmus.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊs̠kä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmus.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmuskä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "musca"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "la:Insects"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "muscārium"
    },
    {
      "word": "muscārius"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "muscã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: muscã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: muscã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "muasca"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: muasca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: muasca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "mouche"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: mouche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: mouche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "mousche"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: mousche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: mousche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "mousche"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: mousche\nFrench: mouche\n→ English: mouche\n→ Portuguese: muche\n→ Swedish: musch\n→ Turkish: muş",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: mousche\nFrench: mouche\n→ English: mouche\n→ Portuguese: muche\n→ Swedish: musch\n→ Turkish: muş"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "moscje"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: moscje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: moscje"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "moûque"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: moûque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: moûque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mosca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "muscă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: muscă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: muscă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "mustga"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: mustga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: mustga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "musca"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: musca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: musca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "musca"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: musca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: musca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "mosca"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: mosca\nLadino: moshka (Latin spelling), מושקה (Hebrew spelling)\nSpanish: mosca",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: mosca\nLadino: moshka (Latin spelling), מושקה (Hebrew spelling)\nSpanish: mosca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mósca"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mósca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mósca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "moxhe"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: moxhe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: moxhe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "musciō",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: musciō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: musciō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "moixó"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: moixó",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: moixó"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "muxón"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: muxón",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: muxón"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "muissun"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: muissun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: muissun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pcd",
            "2": "mouchon"
          },
          "expansion": "Picard: mouchon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Picard: mouchon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "moxhon"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: moxhon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: moxhon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "musca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Dutch: musca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Dutch: musca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "mussche"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: mussche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: mussche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "mus"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: mus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: mus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "mus"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: mus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: mus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "mosk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ West Frisian: mosk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ West Frisian: mosk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Mësch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Mësch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luxembourgish: Mësch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mus-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mus-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*mu-"
      },
      "expansion": "*mu-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*mew-"
      },
      "expansion": "*mew-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "моуха"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μυῖα",
        "t": "a fly"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μυΐσκη"
      },
      "expansion": "μυΐσκη (muḯskē)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mücke",
        "t": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mücke (“midge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "English midge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "midget"
      },
      "expansion": "midget",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.\nSee also Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), and the Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”) of which μυΐσκη (muḯskē) may be a diminutive form. Compare the German Mücke (“midge”) and English midge, midget.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muscae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "musca<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "musca f (genitive muscae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "musca<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Repel those flies, boy.",
          "text": "Puer, abige muscas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fly (insect)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an inquisitive or prying person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inquisitive",
          "inquisitive"
        ],
        [
          "pry",
          "pry"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred meaning",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmus.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊs̠kä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmus.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmuskä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "musca"
}

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