buprestis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βούπρηστις (boúprēstis), from βοῦς (boûs, cow) +‎ πρήθω (prḗthō, I burn, inflame, inflate).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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būprēstis f (genitive būprēstis); third declension

  1. a beetle, which being eaten with the grass caused a swelling in cattle
  2. a kind of plant, perhaps Bupleurum rotundifolium, thought by some to be an aphrodisiac

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative būprēstis būprēstēs
genitive būprēstis būprēstium
dative būprēstī būprēstibus
accusative būprēstem būprēstēs
būprēstīs
ablative būprēste būprēstibus
vocative būprēstis būprēstēs

Descendants

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  • Translingual: Buprestis

References

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  • 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.