basium
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bu, cognate with English buss; cf. also Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbaː.si.um/, [ˈbäːs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈba.si.um/, [ˈbäːs̬ium]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
bāsium n (genitive bāsiī or bāsī); second declension
- kiss, especially of the hand
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bāsium | bāsia |
Genitive | bāsiī bāsī1 |
bāsiōrum |
Dative | bāsiō | bāsiīs |
Accusative | bāsium | bāsia |
Ablative | bāsiō | bāsiīs |
Vocative | bāsium | bāsia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “basium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “basium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- basium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny *bu