bustirapus

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by Plautus. From bustum (“grave”) +‎ rapiō (“to snatch”) +‎ -us. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bʊsˈtɪ.ra.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [busˈtiː.ra.pus] === Noun === bustirapus m (genitive bustirapī); second declension (hapax legomenon, humorous, derogatory) graverobber, robber of tombs ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === 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