butio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *b(e)u, of imitative origin. See also Ancient Greek βύας (búas), Bulgarian буч (buč), Old Armenian բուէճ (buēč), and North Persian بوم (bum). Also compare būteō (buzzard).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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būtiō m (genitive būtiōnis); third declension

  1. bittern

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative būtiō būtiōnēs
genitive būtiōnis būtiōnum
dative būtiōnī būtiōnibus
accusative būtiōnem būtiōnēs
ablative būtiōne būtiōnibus
vocative būtiō būtiōnēs

References

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  • butio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • butio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN