mulsa

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mulsa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmul.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ulsa
  • Hyphenation: mùl‧sa

Noun

mulsa f (plural mulse)

  1. (rare) Synonym of mulso
    • 13th c., “Libro quinto, Cap. II. Del mandorlo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎, translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, pages 210–211:
      Ma si convengono scerre […] mandorle grandi, […] le quali si deono macerar nella mulsa molto adacquata, acciocchè 'l mordicamento […] non uccida il seme.
      But one should choose big almonds, which are to be macerated in very watered-down honeyed wine, so that the corrosion does not kill the seed.

Further reading
  • mulsa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Etymology 1

From mulsus (“soothed; mixed with honey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mulsa f (genitive mulsae); first declension

  1. mead
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mulsa mulsae
Genitive mulsae mulsārum
Dative mulsae mulsīs
Accusative mulsam mulsās
Ablative mulsā mulsīs
Vocative mulsa mulsae
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

mulsa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mulsum

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Participle

mulsa

  1. inflection of mulsus:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Participle

mulsā

  1. feminine ablative singular of mulsus

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

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