boletus

See also: Boletus

English

boletus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bōlētus.

Noun

boletus (plural boletuses or boleti)

An edible mushroom of genus Boletus.

Synonyms

bolete, porcini, cep

Translations

a type of edible mushroom

Czech: hřib (cs) m
Hungarian: vargánya (hu), tinóru (hu)

Polish: borowik (pl) m
Russian: борови́к (ru) m (borovík)

Anagrams

Boulets

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /boːˈleː.tus/, [boːˈɫeː.tʊs]

Noun

bōlētus m (genitive bōlētī); second declension

porcini, an edible kind of mushroom (the most valued kind)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bōlētus	bōlētī
Genitive	bōlētī	bōlētōrum
Dative	bōlētō	bōlētīs
Accusative	bōlētum	bōlētōs
Ablative	bōlētō	bōlētīs
Vocative	bōlēte	bōlētī

Derived terms

bōlētāria

Descendants

Aromanian: bureati, buburec
Catalan: bolet
English: bolete, boletus
French: bolet

German: Pilz
Italian: boleto
Romanian: burete
Spanish: boleto

See also

fungus

References

boletus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
boletus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
boletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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