bovillus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom bōs (“cow, bull, ox”), possibly via bovīnus + -lus. Compare ovīllus, suīllus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /boˈu̯iːl.lus/, [boˈu̯iːlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈvil.lus/, [boˈvilːus]
Adjective
editbovīllus (feminine bovīlla, neuter bovīllum); first/second-declension adjective
Usage notes
edit- 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.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | bovīllus | bovīlla | bovīllum | bovīllī | bovīllae | bovīlla | |
Genitive | bovīllī | bovīllae | bovīllī | bovīllōrum | bovīllārum | bovīllōrum | |
Dative | bovīllō | bovīllō | bovīllīs | ||||
Accusative | bovīllum | bovīllam | bovīllum | bovīllōs | bovīllās | bovīlla | |
Ablative | bovīllō | bovīllā | bovīllō | bovīllīs | |||
Vocative | bovīlle | bovīlla | bovīllum | bovīllī | bovīllae | bovīlla |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “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.