miscellus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *minuscellus, formally a diminutive of minusculus (“somewhat smaller”), semantically influenced by miscēre (“to mix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [miːsˈkɛl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [miʃˈʃɛl.lus]

Adjective

mīscellus (feminine mīscella, neuter mīscellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. an inferior type of grape and the vine producing it
   1. (of a wine made from this grape)
2. mixed, hybrid (of mixed type or breed)
3. assorted, miscellaneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mīscellus	mīscella	mīscellum		mīscellī	mīscellae	mīscella
genitive	mīscellī	mīscellae	mīscellī		mīscellōrum	mīscellārum	mīscellōrum
dative	mīscellō	mīscellae	mīscellō		mīscellīs
accusative	mīscellum	mīscellam	mīscellum		mīscellōs	mīscellās	mīscella
ablative	mīscellō	mīscellā	mīscellō		mīscellīs
vocative	mīscelle	mīscella	mīscellum		mīscellī	mīscellae	mīscella

Synonyms

• (hybrid): bigenerus, hybrida
• (mixed, assorted): prōmiscuus, varius

Antonyms

• pūrus, simplex

Derived terms

• mīscellāneus

Related terms

• misceō
• miscīx
• mistārius, mixtārius
• mistīcius, mixtīcius
• mistim, mixtim
• mistiō, mixtiō
• mistūra, mixtūra
• mistūrātus, mixtūrātus
• mistus, mixtus

Descendants

• Italian: miscela

References

• “miscellus” on page 1228 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “minor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

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