noun · femininethird declension
buttis
buttis f (genitive buttis)
Classical[ˈbʊt.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbut.tis]
Meaning
- Late LatinMedieval Latinfemininecask, barrel
Aliquando vir Dei buttem vini repositam apud quamdam suam capellam habuerat […]
On one occasion, the man of God had left a cask of wine by a certain chapel of his […]c. 1080, John of Lodi, Vita B. Damiani, section 22:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | buttis | buttēs |
| genitive | buttis | buttium |
| dative | buttī | buttibus |
| accusative | buttem | buttēs buttīs |
| ablative | butte | buttibus |
| vocative | buttis | buttēs |
Origins
Probably via Greek (compare Ancient Greek πυτίνη (putínē, “flask”) and βοῦττις (boûttis)), ultimately from the imitative Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- (“to swell, puff”). Also see German Bütte, Latin bulla.
Balkan Romance
- Romanianbute
- Romanianbutoi
- Aromanianbuti
West Iberian
- Spanishboto
- Spanishbota
- Galicianbota
Elsewhere
- Catalanbotfrom Old Occitan bota
- Frenchbottefrom Old Occitan bota
- Irishbutafrom Old French boute
- Albanianbut
- Serbo-Croatianбуцањ
- Serbo-Croatianbucanj
- Slovenebúča
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianbotte
- Istriotbòto
- Neapolitanvotte
- Sicilianvutti