mugitus

mugitus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin mūgiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin mūgītus

    From mūgiō + -tus.

    Pronunciation

    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.

    singular plural
    nominative mūgītus mūgītūs
    genitive mūgītūs mūgītuum
    dative mūgītuī mūgītibus
    accusative mūgītum mūgītūs
    ablative mūgītū mūgītibus
    vocative mūgītus mūgītūs

    Descendants

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Aromanian: mudzit
      • Romanian: muget
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    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.
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