bovinus
Latin
Etymology
From bōs (“ox, cow”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /boˈu̯iː.nus/, [boˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈvi.nus/, [boˈviːnus]
Adjective
bovīnus (feminine bovīna, neuter bovīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to cattle, oxen or cows; bovine.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bovīnus | bovīna | bovīnum | bovīnī | bovīnae | bovīna | |
| Genitive | bovīnī | bovīnae | bovīnī | bovīnōrum | bovīnārum | bovīnōrum | |
| Dative | bovīnō | bovīnō | bovīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | bovīnum | bovīnam | bovīnum | bovīnōs | bovīnās | bovīna | |
| Ablative | bovīnō | bovīnā | bovīnō | bovīnīs | |||
| Vocative | bovīne | bovīna | bovīnum | bovīnī | bovīnae | bovīna | |
Synonyms
- būbulīnus
- būbulus
- bovilis
- bovārius
- bovillus
Related terms
- bōs
- bovārius
- bovātim
- bovicīdium
- bovilla
- bovillus
- būbalus
- būbīle
- Būbōna
- bubsequa
- būbula
- bubulcārius
- bubulcitō
- bubulcus
- būbulīnus
- būbulus
Descendants
- Aromanian: buin
- Catalan: boví, buina
- English: bovine
- French: bovin
- Italian: bovino, buino
- Occitan: boïn, bovin
- Portuguese: bovino
- Romanian: bovin
- Spanish: bovino
References
- “bovinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bovinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bovinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette