mugitus

Latin

Etymology

From mūgiō +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [muːˈɡiː.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [muˈd͡ʒiː.t̪us]

Noun

mūgītus m (genitive mūgītūs); fourth declension

(of cattle) A lowing, mooing, bellowing.
(figuratively) A loud, deep or sustained noise; rumbling, roaring.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūgītus	mūgītūs
genitive	mūgītūs	mūgītuum
dative	mūgītuī	mūgītibus
accusative	mūgītum	mūgītūs
ablative	mūgītū	mūgītibus
vocative	mūgītus	mūgītūs

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: mudzit
Catalan: mugit
Italian: muggito
Portuguese: mugido
Romanian: muget
Spanish: mugido

References

“mugitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“mugitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mugitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.