tauros
English edit
Noun edit
tauros (plural tauroses)
- A crossbred cattle that is bred to bring back features of the aurochs (“Bos primigenius”), a member of the Tauros cattle breed.
See also edit
- aurochs
- Heck cattle, a different crossbreeding effort
- Taurus cattle, a different crossbreeding effort
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Based on Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) and presumably (being an initiative of Stichting Taurus), Latin taurus (“bull”). The variant in -os was apparently chosen for the superficial resemblance to the Dutch word os (“ox”), as in oeros (“aurochs”); note also the stylized variant TaurOs. Doublet of stier.
Noun edit
tauros m (plural taurossen, diminutive taurosje n)
- The tauros (breed of cattle).
- Synonym: taurosrund
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
oeros on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl- Tauros Programme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin edit
Noun edit
taurōs
References edit
- tauros 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)
Latvian edit
Noun edit
tauros m