ustus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ūrō (I burn).

Pronunciation

Participle

ustus (feminine usta, neuter ustum); first/second-declension participle

  1. burnt, inflamed
  2. 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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ustus usta ustum ustī ustae usta
genitive ustī ustae ustī ustōrum ustārum ustōrum
dative ustō ustae ustō ustīs
accusative ustum ustam ustum ustōs ustās usta
ablative ustō ustā ustō ustīs
vocative uste usta ustum ustī ustae usta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: usto
  • Portuguese: usto

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)

  1. justice, magistrate
    Synonym: ynad

Mutation

Mutated forms of ustus
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ustus unchanged unchanged hustus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.