ustus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ūrō (“I burn”).

Pronunciation

Participle

ustus (feminine usta, neuter ustum); first/second-declension participle

  1. burnt, inflamed
  2. nipped, frostbitten; (figuratively) burned
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.679–680:
      vōs date perpetuōs tenerīs sēmentibus auctūs,
      nec nova per gelidās herba sit usta nivēs.
      You [goddesses*]: give continuous growth to tender seedlings,
      and neither let fresh sprouts be burned through frosty snows.
      *Terra and Ceres

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ustus usta ustum ustī ustae usta
Genitive ustī ustae ustī ustōrum ustārum ustōrum
Dative ustō ustō ustīs
Accusative ustum ustam ustum ustōs ustās usta
Ablative ustō ustā ustō ustīs
Vocative uste usta ustum ustī ustae usta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: usto

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English justice.

Pronunciation

Noun

ustus m (plural ustusiaid)

  1. justice, magistrate
    Synonym: ynad

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ustus unchanged unchanged hustus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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