bustirapus

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus. From bustum (“grave”) +‎ rapiō (“to snatch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /busˈti.ra.pus/, [bʊs̠ˈt̪ɪräpʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /busˈti.ra.pus/, [busˈt̪iːräpus]

Noun

bustirapus m (genitive bustirapī); second declension

(hapax, humorous, derogatory) graverobber, robber of tombs
- c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 1.3.lines 360–361:
  Ps. Verbero. Bal. Quippini? Cal. Bustirape. Bal. Certo. Ps. Furcifer. Bal. Factum optume.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bustirapus	bustirapī
Genitive	bustirapī	bustirapōrum
Dative	bustirapō	bustirapīs
Accusative	bustirapum	bustirapōs
Ablative	bustirapō	bustirapīs
Vocative	bustirape	bustirapī

References

“bustirapus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
bustirapus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Further reading

“bustirapi”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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