musaraneus

Latin

Alternative forms

mūs arāneus

Etymology

From mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /muː.saˈraː.ne.us/, [muː.saˈraː.ne.ʊs]

Noun

mūsarāneus m (genitive mūsarāneī); second declension

a shrew

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mūsarāneus	mūsarāneī
genitive	mūsarāneī	mūsarāneōrum
dative	mūsarāneō	mūsarāneīs
accusative	mūsarāneum	mūsarāneōs
ablative	mūsarāneō	mūsarāneīs
vocative	mūsarānee	mūsarāneī

Synonyms

(shrew): mygalē

Descendants

Catalan: musaranya
English: ranny
Middle French: merisengne, mesiraigne
- French: musaraigne (borrowed)
Galician: musaraño
Occitan: musaranha

Portuguese: musaranho
Spanish: musaraña
- Tagalog: musaranya
Walloon: miserette, mesirette (possibly)

References

mygale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
musaraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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