taurus

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[edit] Latin

taurus (a bull)

[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-.

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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

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[edit] References

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