mustricula

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Latin

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Italic *mūstrā (mouse-like animal), being a cognate of mūstēla due to similarity between the last and weasel's teeth.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mūstricula f (genitive mūstriculae); first declension

  1. A shoemaker's last

Declension

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First-declension noun.

References

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  • mustricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 396-397