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putus
putus
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *putós, from *pew- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with pūrus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.tus/, [ˈpʊ.tʊs]
Adjective
putus m (feminine puta, neuter putum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | putus | puta | putum | putī | putae | puta | |
| genitive | putī | putae | putī | putōrum | putārum | putōrum | |
| dative | putō | putō | putīs | ||||
| accusative | putum | putam | putum | putōs | putās | puta | |
| ablative | putō | putā | putō | putīs | |||
| vocative | pute | puta | putum | putī | putae | puta | |
Derived terms
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Another form of pūsus, from puer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.tus/, [ˈpʊ.tʊs]
Noun
putus m (genitive putī); second declension
- a boy
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | putus | putī |
| genitive | putī | putōrum |
| dative | putō | putīs |
| accusative | putum | putōs |
| ablative | putō | putīs |
| vocative | pute | putī |
Descendants
References
- putus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- putus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PUTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “putus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic (compare Indonesian putus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian mudu, Maori mutu).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /putos/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /putʊs/
- Rhymes: -utos, -tos, -os
Adjective
putus