butyrum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • būtūrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally cow cheese).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /buːˈtyː.rum/, [buːˈt̪yːrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈti.rum/, [buˈt̪iːrum]
  • (Late Latin Greek accent variant) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.tyː.rum/, [ˈbuːt̪yːrʊ̃ˑ]

Noun

būtȳrum n (genitive būtȳrī); second declension

  1. butter
  2. (alchemy) chemicals with butter-like consistency, mostly chloride salts
    butyrum antimoniiSbCl3
    butyrum arseniciK3AsO4
    butyrum zinciZnCl2

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būtȳrum būtȳra
Genitive būtȳrī būtȳrōrum
Dative būtȳrō būtȳrīs
Accusative būtȳrum būtȳra
Ablative būtȳrō būtȳrīs
Vocative būtȳrum būtȳra

Descendants

  • From bútyrum (per the Greek accentuation):
    • Aragonese: buro
    • Occitan: burre, bóder
    • Old Catalan: bori
    • Franco-Provençal: burro
    • Old French: bure (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: buire
    • Proto-West Germanic: *buterā (see there for further descendants)
  • From butýrum:

References

  • butyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • butyrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • butyrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • butyrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • For various descendants:
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