bovinator

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bovīnor +‎ -tor.

Noun[edit]

bovīnātor m (genitive bovīnātōris); third declension

  1. bellower, one who bellows like a cow, particularly,
    1. troublemaker, one who causes an uproar
    2. Synonym of tergiversātor, evader, one attempting to evade, especially through noise and bluster, from handling cattle

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bovīnātor bovīnātōrēs
Genitive bovīnātōris bovīnātōrum
Dative bovīnātōrī bovīnātōribus
Accusative bovīnātōrem bovīnātōrēs
Ablative bovīnātōre bovīnātōribus
Vocative bovīnātor bovīnātōrēs

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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