muscipula

Latin

Etymology

From mūs +‎ capiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːsˈki.pu.la/, [muːs̠ˈkɪpʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muʃˈʃi.pu.la/, [muʃˈʃiːpulä]

Noun

mūscipula f (genitive mūscipulae); first declension

1. mousetrap

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūscipula	mūscipulae
genitive	mūscipulae	mūscipulārum
dative	mūscipulae	mūscipulīs
accusative	mūscipulam	mūscipulās
ablative	mūscipulā	mūscipulīs
vocative	mūscipula	mūscipulae

Derived terms

• muscipulātor
• muscipulum

References

• “muscipula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• muscipula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “muscipula”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.