bustirapus
Latin
Etymology
Coined by Plautus. From bustum (“grave”) + rapiō (“to snatch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bʊsˈtɪ.ra.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [busˈt̪iː.ra.pus]
Noun
bustirapus m (genitive bustirapī); second declension
- (hapax legomenon, humorous, derogatory) graverobber, robber of tombs
- c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 1.3.lines 360–361:
- Ps. Verbero. Bal. Quippini? Cal. Bustirape. Bal. Certo. Ps. Furcifer. Bal. Factum optume.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ps. Verbero. Bal. Quippini? Cal. Bustirape. Bal. Certo. Ps. Furcifer. Bal. Factum optume.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bustirapus | bustirapī |
| genitive | bustirapī | bustirapōrum |
| dative | bustirapō | bustirapīs |
| accusative | bustirapum | bustirapōs |
| ablative | bustirapō | bustirapīs |
| vocative | bustirape | bustirapī |
References
- “bustirapus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bustirapus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading
- “bustirapi”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers