bovicidium

Latin

Etymology

From bōs (“cow, bull, ox”) +‎ -cīdium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bo.u̯iˈkiː.di.um/, [bou̯ɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bo.viˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [boviˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

bovicīdium n (genitive bovicīdiī or bovicīdī); second declension

1. slaughtering of cattle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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
• bovīlla
• bovīllus
• 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.