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haustus.

drink; draught; drawing (of water);

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈhau̯s.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈau̯s.tus][ˈhau̯s.tuːs]Classical-Latin[ˈau̯s.tus]
  1. the act of drawing or draining

    declension-4 · masculine
  2. the act of drinking or swallowing

    declension-4 · masculine
  3. something which is drunk; a drink, draught

    declension-4 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin haustus From hauriō + -tus (forming action nouns).

verb[ˈhau̯s.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈau̯s.tus]
  1. drawn, drained, having been drawn

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  2. swallowed, absorbed, having been swallowed

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  3. spilled, shed, having been spilled

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  4. devoured, consumed, exhausted, depleted, used up; engulfed; having been exhausted

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  5. torn up, plucked out, drawn out; dug up, hollowed out; having been plucked out

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  6. drawn, derived, borrowed, taken, having been borrowed

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of hauriō (“to draw, drain”).

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