tauriformis

Latin

Etymology

From taurus (“bull”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tau̯.riˈfoːr.mis/, [t̪äu̯rɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tau̯.riˈfor.mis/, [t̪äu̯riˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

taurifōrmis (neuter taurifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. bull-shaped, tauriform

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	taurifōrmis	taurifōrme		taurifōrmēs	taurifōrmia
Genitive	taurifōrmis			taurifōrmium
Dative	taurifōrmī			taurifōrmibus
Accusative	taurifōrmem	taurifōrme		taurifōrmēs taurifōrmīs	taurifōrmia
Ablative	taurifōrmī			taurifōrmibus
Vocative	taurifōrmis	taurifōrme		taurifōrmēs	taurifōrmia

Descendants

• English: tauriform
• French: tauriforme
• Italian: tauriforme

References

• “tauriformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tauriformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tauriformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.