bustum

Latin

Etymology

Probably related to combūstum, perhaps from the past participle of an unattested root *būrere (compare combūrere).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuːs.tum/, [ˈbuːs.tũ]

Noun

būstum n (genitive būstī); second declension

  1. A burial mound, tomb
  2. A place for burning funeral pyres.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būstum būsta
Genitive būstī būstōrum
Dative būstō būstīs
Accusative būstum būsta
Ablative būstō būstīs
Vocative būstum būsta

Descendants
Descendants

References
  • bustum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bustum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bustum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • bustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • bustum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bustum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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