-bundus

bundus Latin Etymology la :der ine-pro:*bʰuH- + Structurally similar to the gerundive suffix la -undus. It reflect an old gerundive formed to the element formed to the la -b- of the imperfect or future tense.198 If this theory is accepted, then the term could continue earlier la itc-pro *-βuwont(i)nos, from la ine-pro *-bʰuH-ont-(i)nos, itself a combination of the root la ine-pro *bʰuH- to become, to grow and one possible pre-form of the gerundive suffix,154 which may reflect ine-pro *-onts *-ont- *-is *-nós participial suffix noun-forming suffix adjective-forming suffix yes.203 The putative Proto-Italic pre-form itc-pro *-βuwont(i)nos could follow a development from itc-pro *-βuwont(i)nos > itc-pro *-buwondos > itc-pro *-buwundus > itc-pro *-būndus > itc-pro *-bundus. The final shift from itc-pro *-būndus > itc-pro *-bundus would constitute an example of Osthoff's Law in Latin. Compare la -undus and la -cundus. Pronunciation 1 Suffix -bundus Derives adjectives with an active or transitive meaning, sometimes even taking a direct object.2 -bundus 268/1 la cantō cantābundus sing singing la furō furibundus rave, rage raging, mad, furious la morior moribundus die dying; mortal la populor populābundus ravage, lay waste to laying waste, ravaging Usage notes Adjectives in la -bundus tended to denote emotional states, as in la tremebundus trembling, shaking, la fremebundus roaring, and la gemebundus groaning. Adjectives with this suffix appear infrequently: They are mostly hapax legomena and no derived nouns are attested, though one comparative (la tremebundior) and several adverbs (la furibunde and la plorabunde) are known.Magni, Elisabetta From action nominals to gerund and gerundive: some reflections on the -nd- forms Acta XIV Colloquii Internationalis Linguisticae Latinae 978-84-7882-782-4 148 2014 Ediciones Clásicas https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=9415828 https://web.archive.org/web/20260726135700/https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=9415828 26 July 2026 Forms marked by this suffix are entirely absent from authors such as Terence, Caesar, Tibullus, and Nepos, perhaps because their emotive character was deemed inappropriate for works seeking to appear neutral.299 Declension -bundus Descendants es -iondo 1 In English: -und moribund dying In French: -ond moribond (dying) Le Moribond The dying one, title of a song of the Belgian singer Jacques Brel furibond furious See also la References