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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of ūrō (“I burn”).
Pronunciation
Participle
ustus (feminine usta, neuter ustum); first/second-declension participle
- burnt, inflamed
- nipped, frostbitten; (figuratively) burned
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 1.679–680:
- vōs date perpetuōs tenerīs sēmentibus auctūs,
nec nova per gelidās herba sit usta nivēs.- You : give continuous growth to tender seedlings,
and neither let fresh sprouts be burned through frosty snows.
*Terra and Ceres
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English justice.
Pronunciation
Noun
ustus m (plural ustusiaid)
- justice, magistrate
- Synonym: ynad
Mutation