boletus

See also: Boletus

English

boletus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bōlētus.

Noun

boletus (plural boletuses or boleti)

  1. An edible mushroom of genus Boletus.

Synonyms

Translations

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs)

Pronunciation

Noun

bōlētus m (genitive bōlētī); second declension

  1. porcini, an edible kind of mushroom (the most valued kind)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bōlētus bōlētī
Genitive bōlētī bōlētōrum
Dative bōlētō bōlētīs
Accusative bōlētum bōlētōs
Ablative bōlētō bōlētīs
Vocative bōlēte bōlētī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: bureati, buburec
  • Catalan: bolet
  • English: bolete, boletus
  • French: bolet
  • Italian: boleto
  • Romanian: burete
  • Spanish: boleto
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bulit (see there for further descendants)

See also

References

  • boletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • boletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • boletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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