bucerus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βούκερως (boúkerōs), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ke.rus/, [ˈbuːkɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbu.t͡ʃe.rus/, [ˈbuːt͡ʃerus]
Adjective edit
būcerus (feminine būcera, neuter būcerum); first/second-declension adjective
- horned like an ox
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | būcerus | būcera | būcerum | būcerī | būcerae | būcera | |
| Genitive | būcerī | būcerae | būcerī | būcerōrum | būcerārum | būcerōrum | |
| Dative | būcerō | būcerō | būcerīs | ||||
| Accusative | būcerum | būceram | būcerum | būcerōs | būcerās | būcera | |
| Ablative | būcerō | būcerā | būcerō | būcerīs | |||
| Vocative | būcere | būcera | būcerum | būcerī | būcerae | būcera | |
References edit
- “bucerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bucerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers