bovinus

Latin

Etymology

From bōs (“ox, cow”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈu̯iː.nus/, [boˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈvi.nus/, [boˈviːnus]

Adjective

bovīnus (feminine bovīna, neuter bovīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. 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

• bovārius
• bovīlis
• bovīllus
• būbulīnus
• būbulus

 

Related terms

• bōs
• bovārius
• bovātim
• bovicīdium
• bovīlla
• bovīllus
• 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.