Buddas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βούδδᾱς (Boúddās, “Buddha”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (Buddha).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Būddās m sg (genitive Būddae); first declension

  1. The Buddha (founder of Buddhism)
    • c. 291 CE – 365 CE, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Contra Duo Principia Manichaeorum 7:
      Jam vidisti ne ergo quot Manis, Zoradis, aut Buddas haec docendo deceperint?
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    • 392 CE, Jerome, Against Jovinianus 1,42:
      Apud Gymnosophistas Indiae, quasi per manus hujus opinionis auctoritas traditur, quod Buddam principem dogmatis eorum, e latere suo virgo generarit.
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    • c. 400 CE – 461 CE, Pope Leo I, De Haeresi et Historia Manichaeorum 8:
      S. Hieronymus tandem, libro contra Jovinianum, expresse hujus imposturae auctorem facit Buddam Indum, ita scribens: […]
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Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Būddās
genitive Būddae
dative Būddae
accusative Būddam
Būddān
ablative Būddā
vocative Būddā

References

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