ovis

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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

Noun

ovis f (genitive ovis); third declension

  1. sheep
Declension

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

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

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Coordinate terms

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.