bufus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic most likely, based on būbō (“owl”). Possibly explainable as a borrowing from a non-Latin Italic substrate, or from Ancient Greek
Alternatively subject to a dissimilation of the /b/ also found in Latin būbalus > Italian bufalo; Latin bubulcus > Italian bifolco. Compare also Latin terrae tuber > Italian tartufo.
Attested in a late gloss.[1]
Noun
editbūfus m (genitive būfī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | būfus | būfī |
Genitive | būfī | būfōrum |
Dative | būfō | būfīs |
Accusative | būfum | būfōs |
Ablative | būfō | būfīs |
Vocative | būfe | būfī |
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- and see: *gūfus
References
edit- ^ Lindsay, Wallace Martin. 1894. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions. Clarendon Press. Page 80.
Categories:
- Latin onomatopoeias
- Latin terms borrowed from Italic languages
- Latin terms derived from Italic languages
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Late Latin