mugitus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mūgiō (“bellow”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /muːˈɡiː.tus/, [muːˈɡiːt̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈd͡ʒi.tus/, [muˈd͡ʒiːt̪us]

Noun[edit]

mūgītus m (genitive mūgītūs); fourth declension

(of cattle) A lowing, mooing, bellowing.
(figuratively) A loud, deep or sustained noise; rumbling, roaring.

Declension[edit]

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūgītus	mūgītūs
Genitive	mūgītūs	mūgītuum
Dative	mūgītuī	mūgītibus
Accusative	mūgītum	mūgītūs
Ablative	mūgītū	mūgītibus
Vocative	mūgītus	mūgītūs

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Aromanian: mudzit
Catalan: mugit
Italian: muggito
Portuguese: mugido
Romanian: muget
Spanish: mugido

References[edit]

“mugitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“mugitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mugitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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