bovillus
Latin
Etymology
Related to bōs (“cow, bull, ox”). An ancient form of bubulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /boˈwil.lus/
Adjective
bovillus (feminine bovilla, neuter bovillum); first/second declension
- (rare) of or pertaining to cattle, cows, oxen or bulls.
Usage notes
- In Aureate prose bovillus is used only by Livy in the text of a referendum put during the Punic Wars at the behest of the Pontifex Maximus relating to a sacrifice. Livy uses būbulus in a more general context, as do other writers including Cato the Elder.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bovillus | bovilla | bovillum | bovillī | bovillae | bovilla | |
| Genitive | bovillī | bovillae | bovillī | bovillōrum | bovillārum | bovillōrum | |
| Dative | bovillō | bovillae | bovillō | bovillīs | bovillīs | bovillīs | |
| Accusative | bovillum | bovillam | bovillum | bovillōs | bovillās | bovilla | |
| Ablative | bovillō | bovillā | bovillō | bovillīs | bovillīs | bovillīs | |
| Vocative | boville | bovilla | bovillum | bovillī | bovillae | bovilla | |
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to cattle): būbulīnus, būbulus
Related terms
- bōs
- bovārius
- bovātim
- bovicīdium
- bovilla
- bovīnus
- būbalus
- būbīle
- Būbōna
- bubsequa
- būbula
- bubulcārius
- bubulcitō
- bubulcus
- būbulīnus
- būbulus
References
- bovillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bovillus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bovillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette