miscellus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *minuscellus, formally a diminutive of minusculus (“somewhat smaller”), semantically influenced by misceō (“to mix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪsˈkɛl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [miʃˈʃɛl.lus]

Adjective

miscellus (feminine miscella, neuter miscellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. an inferior type of grape and the vine producing it
   1. (of a wine made from this grape)
2. mixed; hybrid (of mixed type or breed)

   Synonyms: bigenerus, hybrida

3. assorted; miscellaneous

   Synonyms: prōmiscuus, varius

   Antonyms: pūrus, simplex

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	miscellus	miscella	miscellum		miscellī	miscellae	miscella
genitive	miscellī	miscellae	miscellī		miscellōrum	miscellārum	miscellōrum
dative	miscellō	miscellae	miscellō		miscellīs
accusative	miscellum	miscellam	miscellum		miscellōs	miscellās	miscella
ablative	miscellō	miscellā	miscellō		miscellīs
vocative	miscelle	miscella	miscellum		miscellī	miscellae	miscella

Derived terms

• mīscellāneus

Related terms

• misceō
• miscīx
• mistārius, mixtārius
• mistīcius, mixtīcius
• mistim, mixtim
• mistiō, mixtiō
• mistūra, mixtūra
• mistūrātus, mixtūrātus
• mistus, mixtus

Descendants

• Italian: miscela

References

• “miscellus” on page 1228 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “minor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381

Further reading

• “miscellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “miscellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.