mos Teutonicus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === mōs teutonicus === Etymology === mos (“custom”) + Teutonicus (“Teuton, German”). Although other peoples (including the French) sometimes practised it, the custom was most closely associated with the Germans. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoːs tɛu̯ˈtɔ.nɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔs teu̯ˈtɔː.ni.kus] === Noun === mōs Teutonicus m sg (genitive mōris Teutonicī); third declension the medieval custom, common among Germans and some others who died in Muslim lands, of dismembering the body of a dead person, boiling the parts in water or wine to separate the flesh from the bones, and transporting the bones back to the person's homeland ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only.