buprestis
See also: Buprestis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βούπρηστις (boúprēstis), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) + πρήθω (prḗthō, “I burn, inflame, inflate”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /buːˈpreːs.tis/, [buːˈpreːs̠t̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈpres.tis/, [buˈprɛst̪is]
Noun edit
būprēstis f (genitive būprēstis); third declension
- a beetle, which being eaten with the grass caused a swelling in cattle
- a kind of plant, perhaps Bupleurum rotundifolium, thought by some to be an aphrodisiac
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | būprēstis | būprēstēs |
| Genitive | būprēstis | būprēstium |
| Dative | būprēstī | būprēstibus |
| Accusative | būprēstem | būprēstēs būprēstīs |
| Ablative | būprēste | būprēstibus |
| Vocative | būprēstis | būprēstēs |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Buprestis
References edit
- “buprestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- buprestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.