Mostellaria

== Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps an ellipsis of mōstellāria fābula f (“ghost story”), from *mōstellum +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives), from mōnstrum (“monstrosity, portent”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix), with simplification of -ns- to -s- (a common pronunciation change among Latin speakers). De Vaan gives the pre-form as *mone-stro-lāri-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [moːs.tɛlˈlaː.ri.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mos.telˈlaː.ri.a] === Proper noun === Mōstellāria f the name of a play by Plautus ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === === Further reading === “Mostellaria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Mostellaria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387 Mostellaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia