mugitus

Latin

Etymology

From mūgiō (“bellow”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mūgītus m (genitive mūgītūs); fourth declension

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

Declension

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

• mūgiō
• mūgītor

Descendants

• Aromanian: mudzit
• Catalan: mugit
• Italian: muggito

• Portuguese: mugido
• Romanian: muget
• Spanish: mugido

References

• “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.