ustus

ustus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ūrō (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

Participle

ū̆stus (feminine ū̆sta, neuter ū̆stum); first/second-declension participle

  1. burnt, inflamed
  2. nipped, frostbitten; (figuratively) burned
    • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.679–680:
      vōs date perpetuōs tenerīs sēmentibus auctūs,
      nec nova per gelidās herba sit usta nivēs.
      You [goddesses*]: give continuous growth to tender seedlings,
      and neither let fresh sprouts be burned through frosty snows.
      *Terra and Ceres

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ū̆stus ū̆sta ū̆stum ū̆stī ū̆stae ū̆sta
genitive ū̆stī ū̆stae ū̆stī ū̆stōrum ū̆stārum ū̆stōrum
dative ū̆stō ū̆stae ū̆stō ū̆stīs
accusative ū̆stum ū̆stam ū̆stum ū̆stōs ū̆stās ū̆sta
ablative ū̆stō ū̆stā ū̆stō ū̆stīs
vocative ū̆ste ū̆sta ū̆stum ū̆stī ū̆stae ū̆sta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: usto
  • Portuguese: usto

References

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English justice.

Pronunciation

Noun

ustus m (plural ustusiaid)

  1. justice, magistrate
    Synonym: ynad

Mutation

Mutated forms of ustus
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ustus unchanged unchanged hustus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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