taurus

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taurus (a bull)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtau.rus/

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Noun

taurus (genitive taurī); m, 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
6. (New Latin) Used as a species epithet.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	taurus	taurī
genitive	taurī	taurōrum
dative	taurō	taurīs
accusative	taurum	taurōs
ablative	taurō	taurīs
vocative	taure	taurī

Hypernyms

• bōs

Derived terms

taura taureus tauricornis taurifer

tauriformis taurigenus taurīnus taurobolicus

taurobolīnus taurobolior taurocenta

taurophthalmon taurulus Taurus

Descendants

Aromanian: tavru Catalan: toro English: Taurus French: taureau Galician: touro Interlingua: tauro

Italian: toro Portuguese: touro Romanian: taur Sardinian: trau Spanish: toro

See also

• vacca

References

• taurus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• “toro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2