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bovinus

bovinus

Latin

Adjective

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

Of or pertaining to cattle, oxen or cows; bovine.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	bovīnus	bovīna	bovīnum		bovīnī	bovīnae	bovīna
genitive	bovīnī	bovīnae	bovīnī		bovīnōrum	bovīnārum	bovīnōrum
dative	bovīnō	bovīnae	bovīnō		bovīnīs
accusative	bovīnum	bovīnam	bovīnum		bovīnōs	bovīnās	bovīna
ablative	bovīnō	bovīnā	bovīnō		bovīnīs
vocative	bovīne	bovīna	bovīnum		bovīnī	bovīnae	bovīna

Synonyms

(of or pertaining to cattle): būbulīnus, būbulus

Related terms

Būbōna
bubsequa
būbula
bubulcārius

Descendants

English: bovine
French: bovin
Italian: bovino

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, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bovinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.