-bundus

See also: bundus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, to grow”) (whence also fīō, fuī, futūrus and other verb forms of esse starting with fu-). Perhaps from Proto-Italic *-βūontnos < syncopated from *-βūontinos, from the Proto-Indo-European aorist participle *bʰuHónt- + *-(i)nós. The development of the Latin gerundive and later gerund has been traced to analogous derivations from the Proto-Indo-European *-ont- (participial suffix) +‎ *-(i)nós (adjective-forming suffix) in secundus, oriundus, rotundus, and lābundus.[1] Compare -undus and -cundus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbun.dus/, [ˈbʊn.dʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbun.dus/

Suffix

-bundus m (feminine -bunda, neuter -bundum); first/second declension

Derives adjectives with an active or transitive meaning, sometimes even taking a direct object.[2]
‎cantō (“sing”) + ‎-bundus → ‎cantābundus (“singing”)
‎furō (“rave, rage”) + ‎-bundus → ‎furibundus (“raging, mad, furious”)
‎morior (“die”) + ‎-bundus → ‎moribundus (“dying; mortal”)
‎populor (“ravage, lay waste to”) + ‎-bundus → ‎populābundus (“laying waste, ravaging”)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	-bundus	-bunda	-bundum	-bundī	-bundae	-bunda
Genitive	-bundī	-bundae	-bundī	-bundōrum	-bundārum	-bundōrum
Dative	-bundō	-bundae	-bundō	-bundīs
Accusative	-bundum	-bundam	-bundum	-bundōs	-bundās	-bunda
Ablative	-bundō	-bundā	-bundō	-bundīs
Vocative	-bunde	-bunda	-bundum	-bundī	-bundae	-bunda

References

Jasanoff, Jay H. “The origin of the Latin gerund and gerundive: a new proposal.” Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2006): 195-208.
“-bundus” on page 268/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

[1] Jasanoff, Jay H. “The origin of the Latin gerund and gerundive: a new proposal.” Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2006): 195-208.

[2] “-bundus” on page 268/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)