ustus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of ūrō (“I burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈus.tus/, [ˈʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈus.tus/, [ˈust̪us]
Participle
ustus (feminine usta, neuter ustum); first/second-declension participle
- burnt, inflamed
- nipped, frostbitten; (figuratively) burned
- 8 CE, Ovid, 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
- You [goddesses*]: give continuous growth to tender seedlings,
- vōs date perpetuōs tenerīs sēmentibus auctūs,
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ustus | usta | ustum | ustī | ustae | usta | |
Genitive | ustī | ustae | ustī | ustōrum | ustārum | ustōrum | |
Dative | ustō | ustō | ustīs | ||||
Accusative | ustum | ustam | ustum | ustōs | ustās | usta | |
Ablative | ustō | ustā | ustō | ustīs | |||
Vocative | uste | usta | ustum | ustī | ustae | usta |
Derived terms
- obūstus
Descendants
- Italian: 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
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞sdɨ̞s/, [ˈɨ̞stɨ̞s]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɪsdɪs/, [ˈɪstɪs]
Noun
ustus m (plural ustusiaid)
- justice, magistrate
- Synonym: ynad
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ustus | unchanged | unchanged | hustus |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |