bustirapus

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus. From bustum (grave) +‎ rapiō (to snatch).

Pronunciation

Noun

bustirapus m (genitive bustirapī); second declension

  1. (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)

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