viscum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === viscus === Etymology === Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs-, possibly a European borrowing for a tree similar to the mistletoe. Compare also Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdlime”), Proto-Slavic *višьňa, Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, and probably Italian visciola (“sour cherry”), the last likely a Germanic borrowing. Traditionally associated with vīrus, although this is unlikely. Also compare Proto-Germanic *wiskaz (“bundle of hay or straw, wisp”). More at virga. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪs.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvis.kum] === Noun === viscum n (genitive viscī); second declension mistletoe birdlime made from this plant ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== viscidus viscōsus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “viscum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “viscum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “viscum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “viscum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 683