Buxema
Latin
Alternative forms
- Buxemae (plurale tantum)
- Abixama, Abissama
- Buxemium
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَامَة (ʔabū šāma, literally “the one with the mole”) (possibly via Old Sicilian; cf. modern Buscema), clipping of قَلْعَة أَبِي شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabī 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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