different between muscae vs musca

Latin

Noun

muscae

1. nominative plural of musca
2. genitive singular of musca
3. dative singular of musca
4. vocative plural of musca

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.

See also Sanskrit ??? (ma?áka), Old Church Slavonic ????? (muxa), and the Ancient Greek ???? (muîa, “a fly”) of which ?????? (mu?sk?) may be a diminutive form. Confer the German Mücke (“midge”) and English midge, midget.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mus.ka/, [?m?s?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mus.ka/, [?musk?]

Noun

musca f (genitive muscae); first declension

1. a fly (insect)

   Puer, abige muscas.

   Repel those flies, boy.

2. (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying people

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• musc?rium
• musc?rius

Descendants

References

• musca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• musca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• musca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• musca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• musca in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• musca in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Noun

musca

1. Alternative form of muske

Romanian

Noun

musca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of musc?