LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

haustus

haustus m (genitive haustūs)
Classical[ˈhau̯s.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈau̯s.tus]

Meaning

  1. masculinethe act of drawing or draining
  2. masculinethe act of drinking or swallowing
  3. masculinesomething which is drunk; a drink, draught

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehaustushaustūs
genitivehaustūshaustuum
dativehaustuīhaustibus
accusativehaustumhaustūs
ablativehaustūhaustibus
vocativehaustushaustūs

haustus, a, um, Part., from haurio.
haustus, ūs, m. haurio,
I. a drawing.
I. Lit.: aqua, quae non sit haustus profundi, Col. 1, 5, 1: puteus in tenues plantas facili diffunditur haustu, Juv. 3, 227; Mel. 2, 4, 4: aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus, etc.... a jure civili sumitur, the right of drawing, * Cic. Caecin. 26, 74; Dig. 8, 3, 1: haustus ex fonte privato, ib. 8, 3, 3, § 3. —
II. Transf., a drinking, swallowing, drawing in; and concr., a drink, draught (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; for the most part only in the plur.): largos haustus e fontibu' magnis Lingua fundet, Lucr. 1, 412; cf.: saepe, sed exiguis haustibus inde (i. e. rivo) bibi, in small draughts, Ov. F. 3, 274: haustu sparsus aquarum Ora fove, Verg. G. 4, 229: haustus aquae mihi nectar erit, Ov. M. 6, 356: undarum, Luc. 3, 345: Bacchi (i. e. vini) haustus, Ov. M. 7, 450: sanguinis, i. e. the stream, current, id. ib. 4, 118: Catulus se ignis haustu ludibrio hostium exemit, swallowing, Flor. 3, 21, 15: esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus Aetherios, i. e. breath, soul, Verg. G. 4, 220; cf.: alium domi esse caeli haustum, alium lucis aspectum, Curt. 5, 5: (canes) Suspensis teneros imitantur dentibus haustus, i. e. gentle snappings, Lucr. 5, 1068: peregrinae haustus arenae, a handful, Ov. M. 13, 526; cf.: angusti puero date pulveris haustus, Stat. Th. 10, 427; v. haurio.—
B. Trop.: Pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus, i. e. to drink from, to imitate, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 10: justitiae haustus bibere, Quint. 12, 2, 31.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Latinhaustus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin haustus From hauriō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Quick answers

What does haustus mean in Latin?
haustus, a noun, means “the act of drawing or draining; the act of drinking or swallowing; something which is drunk”.
What is the genitive of haustus?
The genitive singular is haustūs. haustus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce haustus?
In classical Latin, [ˈhau̯s.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈau̯s.tus].
Where does haustus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- → Latin haustus.