mulsa

mulsa

Italian

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin mulsa.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmul.sa/
    • Rhymes: -ulsa
    • Hyphenation: mùl‧sa

    Noun

    mulsa f (plural mulse)

    1. (rare) synonym of mulso
      • 13th c., “Libro quinto, Cap. II. Del mandorlo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎[1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, pages 210–211:
        Ma si convengono scerre [] mandorle grandi, [] le quali si deono macerar nella mulsa molto adacquata, acciocchè 'l mordicamento [] non uccida il seme.
        But one should choose big almonds, which are to be macerated in very watered-down honeyed wine, so that the corrosion does not kill the seed.

    Further reading

    • mulsa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

    Latin

    Etymology 1

    From mulsus (soothed; mixed with honey).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mulsa f (genitive mulsae); first declension

    1. mead
    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative mulsa mulsae
    genitive mulsae mulsārum
    dative mulsae mulsīs
    accusative mulsam mulsās
    ablative mulsā mulsīs
    vocative mulsa mulsae
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mulsa

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mulsum

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    mulsa

    1. inflection of mulsus:
      1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
      2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

    Participle

    mulsā

    1. feminine ablative singular of mulsus

    References

    • mulsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "mulsa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • mulsa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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