Bovillae

See also: bovillae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bobellae, Bobillae
• Bovilla

Etymology

From bovilla (“cattle stall”), from bōs (“ox”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boˈu̯il.lae̯/, [boˈu̯ɪlːʲäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈvil.le/, [boˈvilːe]

Proper noun

Bovillae f pl (genitive Bovillārum); first declension

1. An ancient city in Latium, founded as a colony of Alba Longa

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Bovillae
Genitive	Bovillārum
Dative	Bovillīs
Accusative	Bovillās
Ablative	Bovillīs
Vocative	Bovillae
Locative	Bovillīs

Derived terms

• Bovillānus
• Bovillēnsēs

References

• “Bovillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Bovillae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Bovillae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.