musio

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain; perhaps from mūs +‎ -iō. The word is attested in Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, where he states that the word is derived from mūs (“mouse”) since cats catch mice; however, Isidore's etymologies are generally unreliable. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmuː.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmuː.s̬i.o] === Noun === mūsiō m (genitive mūsiōnis); third declension cat (rare) Synonyms: aelūrus, cattus, fēlēs, mūriceps, mūrilegus, pilāx ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: muxu Catalan: moix Italian: micio Lombard: mosc, moscia, misc Romanian: mâță Sicilian: muciu === Further reading === “mūsĭo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1006. musio in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1068