buprestis
See also: Buprestis
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βούπρηστις (boúprēstis), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) + πρήθω (prḗthō, “I burn, inflame, inflate”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /buːˈpreːs.tis/, [buːˈpreːs̠t̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈpres.tis/, [buˈprɛst̪is]
Noun
editbūprēstis 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
editThird-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.