Bubona

Latin

Etymology

From bōs (“ox, cow”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buːˈboː.na/, [buːˈboːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈbo.na/, [buˈbɔːnä]

Proper noun

Būbōna f sg (genitive Būbōnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) A Roman goddess, numen and protector of oxen.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Būbōna
Genitive	Būbōnae
Dative	Būbōnae
Accusative	Būbōnam
Ablative	Būbōnā
Vocative	Būbōna

Related terms

• bōs
• bovārius
• bovātim
• bovicīdium
• bovīlla
• bovīllā
• bovīllus
• bovīnus
• būbalus
• būbīle
• bubsequa
• būbula
• bubulcārius
• bubulcitō
• bubulcus
• būbulīnus
• būbulus

 

References

• “Bubona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bubona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.