putus – Latin noun declension

Nouns inflected like putus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Conjecture proposed by Joseph Scaliger in his edition of the Catalepton 7 (of disputed authorship; traditionally attributed to Virgil). Three manuscripts read "pothus" and the others read "potus"; accordingly, more recent editions read Pothus (“Desire”), i.e. personified Ancient Greek πόθος (póthos). If the conjecture is spurious, the term would be a ghost word.
2. If genuine, putus would match the base form of pusillus, putillus (see the former for details) as well as a number of Italic and Indo-European cognates. For this reason it has found a circulation in etymological works and is included as a headword by De Vaan. See Proto-Italic *putlos and Latin puer, pūsus, pullus.

Verbs referencing "putus"

Asturian Nouns puta, Catalan Nouns puta, Old Spanish Nouns puta, Portuguese Nouns puta, Spanish Nouns puta, English Nouns putto, Italian Nouns buttero, Russian Nouns пурист, Russian Nouns пуританин, Ancient Greek Nouns πίτυρον.

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