English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aries		Gemini
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Proper noun

Taurus (symbol ♉)

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.
   • 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3

     See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns.

2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).
3. (automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).

Derived terms

• Taurean
• Tauri
• Taurid

Translations

Noun

Taurus ‎(plural Tauruses)

1. Someone with a Taurus star sign

Synonyms

• Taurean

Translations

Antonyms

• Scorpio, Scorpius

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}
• Elnath

Etymology 2

From Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος ‎(Taûros)

Proper noun

Taurus

Demirkazık in Niğde Province

1. a mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000m high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast

Synonyms

• Taurus Mountains

Related terms

• Anti-Taurus

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Taurus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw.ɾus/

Proper noun

Taurus m

1. (astronomy) Taurus (constellation)
2. Alternative form of Tauro

Related terms

• touro

Translingual

Noun

taurus

1. Used attributively as a species epithet

Derived terms

• Taurus
• Bos taurus
• Bos primigenius taurus

Latin

taurus (a bull)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ταῦρος ‎(taûros), Old Prussian tauris, Proto-Germanic *steuraz. Possibly of Semitic origin; confer Proto-Semitic *θawr-, compare Arabic ثور.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.rus/, [ˈtau̯.rʊs]

Noun

taurus m ‎(genitive taurī); second declension

1. a bull, steer
2. an instrument of torture, in the shape of a bull
3. a small bird that sounds like the lowing of oxen, possibly the bittern
4. a kind of beetle
5. (anatomy) the perineum

Inflection

Second declension.

Hypernyms

• bōs

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• vacca

References

• taurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taurus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TAURUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “taurus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• taurus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• taurus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taurus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “toro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

Latvian

Noun

taurus m

1. accusative plural form of taurs