miscellus

== Latin == === Etymology === From earlier *minuscellus, formally a diminutive of minusculus (“somewhat smaller”), semantically influenced by misceō (“to mix”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪsˈkɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miʃˈʃɛl.lus] === Adjective === miscellus (feminine miscella, neuter miscellum); first/second-declension adjective an inferior type of grape and the vine producing it (of a wine made from this grape) mixed; hybrid (of mixed type or breed) Synonyms: bigenerus, hybrida assorted; miscellaneous Synonyms: prōmiscuus, varius Antonyms: pūrus, simplex ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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.