bovicidium

bovicidium

Latin

Etymology

bōs (“cow, bull, ox”) +‎ -cīdium

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bo.wiˈkiː.di.um/, [bɔ.wɪˈkiː.di.ũ]

Noun

bovicīdium n (genitive bovicīdiī or bovicīdī); second declension

1. slaughtering of cattle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bovicīdium	bovicīdia
Genitive	bovicīdiī bovicīdī1	bovicīdiōrum
Dative	bovicīdiō	bovicīdiīs
Accusative	bovicīdium	bovicīdia
Ablative	bovicīdiō	bovicīdiīs
Vocative	bovicīdium	bovicīdia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• bōs
• bovārius
• bovātim
• bovilla

• bovillus
• bovīnus
• būbalus
• būbīle

• Būbōna
• bubsequa
• būbula
• bubulcārius

• bubulcitō
• bubulcus
• būbulīnus
• būbulus

References

• bovicidium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bovicidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette