bumastus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούμαστος (boúmastos), form of βούμασθος (boúmasthos, “having large breasts”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ μαστός (mastós, “breast”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buːˈmas.tus/, [buːˈmäs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈmas.tus/, [buˈmäst̪us]

Noun

būmastus f (genitive būmastī); second declension

1. a variety of grape that produces large clusters

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	būmastus	būmastī
genitive	būmastī	būmastōrum
dative	būmastō	būmastīs
accusative	būmastum	būmastōs
ablative	būmastō	būmastīs
vocative	būmaste	būmastī

References

• “bumastus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bumastus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers