Buxema
Latin
Alternative forms
- Buxemae (plurale tantum)
- Abixama, Abissama
- Buxemium
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَامَة (ʾabū šāma, literally “the one with the mole”) (possibly via Old Sicilian cf. modern Buscema), clipping of قَلْعَة أَبِي شَامَة (qalʿat ʾabī šāma, literally “castle of the one with the mole”). Supposedly found, in the form Buxemium, in a papal diploma from 1168.[1] The ⟨x⟩ may represent a means of adapting the sound /-ʃ-/, perhaps by analogy with Sicilian words like coscia < Latin coxa.
Proper noun
Buxema f sg (genitive Buxemae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Buxema |
| Genitive | Buxemae |
| Dative | Buxemae |
| Accusative | Buxemam |
| Ablative | Buxemā |
| Vocative | Buxema |
| Locative | Buxemae |
Derived terms
- Buxemēnsis
References
- Amico, Vitus Maria. Lexicon Topographicum Siculum. Pages 118–119.
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