botulus

See also: Botulus

Latin

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Oscan-Umbrian, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (a swelling); compare Proto-Germanic *kweþuz (belly, womb) and German Kuttel (chitterlings).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.tu.lus/, [ˈbɔ.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

botulus m (genitive botulī); second declension

  1. sausage, black pudding

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative botulus botulī
Genitive botulī botulōrum
Dative botulō botulīs
Accusative botulum botulōs
Ablative botulō botulīs
Vocative botule botulī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Walde, Alois (1910), botulus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 95
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