ovis

See also: Ovis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) or *h₃éwis. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि (ávi), Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), English ewe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.u̯is/, [ˈou̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vis/, [ˈɔːvis]

Noun

ovis f (genitive ovis); third declension

1. sheep

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ovis	ovēs
Genitive	ovis	ovium
Dative	ovī	ovibus
Accusative	ovem	ovēs ovīs
Ablative	ove ovī	ovibus
Vocative	ovis	ovēs

Derived terms

• ovicula
• ovinus

Descendants

• Aromanian: oai
• Istro-Romanian: oie
• Megleno-Romanian: oaiă

• Romanian: oaie
• Translingual: Ovis

Coordinate terms

• agnus
• aries

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ōvīs

1. dative/ablative plural of ōvum

References

• “ovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.