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musca.

fly (insect); gadfly, bothersome person;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmʊs.ka]Classical-Latin[ˈmus.ka]

  1. a fly (insect)

    declension-1 · feminine
    Puer, abige muscas.

  2. an inquisitive or prying person

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mews- (“fly”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”) (of which μυΐσκη (muḯskē) may be a diminutive form), Old Armenian մուն (mun, “gnat, midge; itch”), German Mücke (“midge”), and English midge, midget.

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