butio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

būtiō m (genitive būtiōnis); third declension

  1. bittern

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būtiō būtiōnēs
Genitive būtiōnis būtiōnum
Dative būtiōnī būtiōnibus
Accusative būtiōnem būtiōnēs
Ablative būtiōne būtiōnibus
Vocative būtiō būtiōnēs

References[edit]

  • “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
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