Bubona

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [buːˈboː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [buˈbɔː.na]

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.

	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.