mugitus

Latin

Etymology

From mūgiō +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mūgītus m (genitive mūgītūs); fourth declension

  1. (of cattle) A lowing, mooing, bellowing.
  2. (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

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: mudzit
    • Romanian: muget
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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.