bovulus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bōs, bovis (“bull”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.vu.lus/, [ˈbɔːvulus]
Noun
[edit]bovulus m (genitive bovulī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- diminutive of bōs. small bull, calf
- Synonym: vitulus
- 13th c., Albertus Magnus, De animalibus, 5.49[1]:
- sivе vitula et bovulus parvus grossiorem habet tauro magno
- even a heifer and a smal calf have a greater [voice] than a big ox
References
[edit]- ^ Stadler, Hermann, editor (1916), “De animalibus libri XXVI. Band 1: Buch I–XII enthaltend”, in Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters, volume 15, Münster, page 429
Categories:
- Latin terms suffixed with -ulus
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation only
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Medieval Latin
- Latin diminutive nouns
- Latin terms with quotations