brutus

See also: Brutus

Latin

Etymology

An Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷruh₂tós. Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران‎ (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú). See also Latin gravis.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbruː.tus/, [ˈbruː.tʊs]

Adjective

brūtus (feminine brūta, neuter brūtum); first/second declension

  1. heavy, unwieldy
  2. dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable, irrational

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative brūtus brūta brūtum brūtī brūtae brūta
genitive brūtī brūtae brūtī brūtōrum brūtārum brūtōrum
dative brūtō brūtō brūtīs
accusative brūtum brūtam brūtum brūtōs brūtās brūta
ablative brūtō brūtā brūtō brūtīs
vocative brūte brūta brūtum brūtī brūtae brūta

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 1. brūtus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • brutus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • brutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • 1 brūtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “229/3”
  • brutus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • brutus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • brute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • “brūtus¹” on page 243/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “brutus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 107/1
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