Buddas
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βούδδας (Boúddas, “Buddha”), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuːd.daːs/, [ˈbuːd̪ːäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbud.das/, [ˈbud̪ːäs]
Proper noun
Būddās m sg (genitive Būddae); first declension
- (Buddhism) the Buddha (founder of Buddhism)
- 392 CE, Jerome, Against Jovinianus 1,42:
- Apud Gymnosophistas Indiae, quasi per manus huius opinionis auctoritas traditur, quod Buddam principem dogmatis eorum, e latere suo virgo generarit.
- 290 CE – 364 CE, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Justinum Manichaeum Contra Duo Principia Manichaeorum VII:
- Iam vidistine ergo quot Manis, Zoradis, aut Buddas haec docendo deceperint?
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Būddās |
| Genitive | Būddae |
| Dative | Būddae |
| Accusative | Būddam Būddān |
| Ablative | Būddā |
| Vocative | Būddā |
References
- “Buddās” in volume 2, column 2236, line 69 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (1957) Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods, Georg Olms Verlag, →ISBN, page 314
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