bruchus
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbruː.kʰus/, [ˈbruːkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbru.kus/, [ˈbruːkus]
Noun
brūchus m (genitive brūchī); second declension
- a kind of wingless locust or grasshopper as in:
- 'Dixit, et venit locústa, et bruchus, cuius non erat numerus (He spoke and there came locust and grasshoper without number, Latin Psalter, Ps 104:34)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | brūchus | brūchī |
| Genitive | brūchī | brūchōrum |
| Dative | brūchō | brūchīs |
| Accusative | brūchum | brūchōs |
| Ablative | brūchō | brūchīs |
| Vocative | brūche | brūchī |
Descendants
References
- “bruchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bruchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.