mustaceus

== Latin == === Etymology === From mustum (“must”) + -āceus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mʊsˈtaː.ke.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [musˈtaː.t͡ʃe.us] === Noun === mustāceus m (genitive mustāceī); second declension must-cake, laurel-cake (a kind of wedding cake made with must and baked on laurel leaves) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: mostassa, ⇒ mostalla, mostarda Italian: mostacciolo, ⇒ mostarda → English: mostaccioli Spanish: mostaza → Karao: mostasa → Byzantine Greek: μουστάκια (moustákia) === References === “mustaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mustaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.