muceo

Latin

Etymology

Denominal verb of mūcus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

mūceō (present infinitive mūcēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (Old Latin) to be 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.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mūceō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mūceō		mūcēs		mūcet		mūcēmus		mūcētis		mūcent
	imperfect	mūcēbam		mūcēbās		mūcēbat		mūcēbāmus		mūcēbātis		mūcēbant
	future	mūcēbō		mūcēbis		mūcēbit		mūcēbimus		mūcēbitis		mūcēbunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mūceam		mūceās		mūceat		mūceāmus		mūceātis		mūceant
	imperfect	mūcērem		mūcērēs		mūcēret		mūcērēmus		mūcērētis		mūcērent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		mūcē		—		—		mūcēte		—
	future	—		mūcētō		mūcētō		—		mūcētōte		mūcentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mūcēre			—			mūcēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mūcendī		mūcendō		mūcendum		mūcendō		—		—

Derived terms

• mūcēscō
• mūcidus
• mūcor

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: musir, mucir
• French: moisir
• Lombard: musir (Ticinese)
• Occitan: mosir

  Auvergnat: mejir, mesir

• Spanish: musir

References

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