bustirapus

Latin
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Etymology

Coined by Plautus. From bustum (“grave”) +‎ rapiō (“to snatch”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /busˈti.ra.pus/, [bʊs̠ˈt̪ɪräpʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /busˈti.ra.pus/, [busˈt̪iːräpus]

Noun

*bustirapus m (genitive *bustirapī); second declension

  1. (hapax, humorous, derogatory) graverobber, robber of tombs
    • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 1.3.lines 360–361:
      Ps. Verbero. Bal. Quippini? Cal. Bustirape. Bal. Certo. Ps. Furcifer. Bal. Factum optume.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative *bustirapus *bustirapī
Genitive *bustirapī *bustirapōrum
Dative *bustirapō *bustirapīs
Accusative *bustirapum *bustirapōs
Ablative *bustirapō *bustirapīs
Vocative bustirape *bustirapī

References
  • “bustirapus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bustirapus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Further reading
  • “bustirapi”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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