mūs
feminine, masculine
The Latin word for mouse is mūs.
The term refers to a rodent of the genus Mus.
Meaning: rodent of the genus Mus (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The word mūs can be used as either a masculine or a feminine noun.
Did you know?
- The term 'muscle' comes from musculus because the movement of a muscle under the skin looks like a small mouse scurrying.
- Horace mocked overblown promises with the line parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mūs, 'the mountains will go into labour and a ridiculous mouse will be born'.
- The word mūs shares a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor with the English 'mouse', making it one of the oldest stable words in the language family.
Examples in context
- Mūs in horto est.A mouse is in the garden.
- Mūs caseum edit.The mouse eats cheese.
- Parvus mūs sub mensam fugit.A small mouse fled under the table.
Example conversation
Julia and Marcus are in a room together.
- JuliaMarce, mūs hic est!Marcus, there is a mouse here!
- MarcusUbi est mūs?Where is the mouse?
- JuliaSub mensā currit.It is running under the table.
- MarcusEgo eum capiam.I will catch it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “mouse” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
