Translingual

Ovis aries

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Ovis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the sheep.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ovis ammon - argali, Ovis aries - domestic sheep, Ovis canadensis - bighorn sheep, Ovis dalli - thinhorn sheep, Ovis musimon - mouflon, Ovis nivicola - snow sheep, Ovis orientalis - urial - selected species

Related terms

• ovine

Latin

Noun

ovis

1. dative plural of ovum
2. ablative plural of ovum

Noun

ovis f ‎(genitive ovis); third declension

1. sheep

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Derived terms

• ovicula
• ovinus

Descendants

Coordinate terms

• agnus
• aries

References

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