buttis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Found in Late Latin. Probably via Greek (compare Ancient Greek πυτίνη (putínē, “flask”) and βοῦττις (boûttis), ultimately from the imitative Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- (“to swell, puff”). Also see German Bütte.
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Citation/quote? Per TLFi (http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/bouteille) this is VL., but per RAE (http://dle.rae.es/?id=5zCKr3H) at least a diminutive is attested in LL.
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Noun
buttis f (genitive buttis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | buttis | buttēs |
| Genitive | buttis | buttium |
| Dative | buttī | buttibus |
| Accusative | buttem | buttēs buttīs |
| Ablative | butte | buttibus |
| Vocative | buttis | buttēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: bot
- Italian: botte
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Galician: bota
- Old Spanish:
- Romanian: bute
- → Albanian: but
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: búča
- ⇒ Late Latin: butticula (possibly)