taurus

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Inflection 1.3.2 Hypernyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Descendants 1.3.5 See also 1.4 References

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ταῦρος (tauros), Old Prussian tauris and Old English stēor (English steer).(Verification for this etymology is sought): Possibly of Semitic origin; confer Common Semitic *θawr-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtau.rus/
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[edit] 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

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Hypernyms

• bōs

[edit] Derived terms

taura taureus tauricornis taurifer

tauriformis taurigenus taurīnus taurobolicus

taurobolīnus taurobolior taurocenta

taurophthalmon taurulus Taurus

[edit] Descendants

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

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

[edit] See also

• vacca

[edit] References

• “taurus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)