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tauro

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See also: Tauro, tauró, and taŭro

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French taureau, from Latin taurus.

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Noun

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tauro (plural tauri)

  1. bull

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Interlingua

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Noun

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tauro (plural tauros)

  1. bull

Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of toro, which is inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaw.ro/
  • Rhymes: -awro
  • Hyphenation: tàu‧ro

Noun

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tauro m (plural tauri) (poetic)

  1. Synonym of toro:
    1. bull
      • mid 1370s, Giovanni Boccaccio, chapter 5, in Esposizioni sopra la Commedia, Stavvi Minos orribilmente, e ringhia; republished as Il comento sopra la Commedia di Dante Alighieri di Giovanni Boccaccio, volume 2, Florence: Ig[nazio] Moutier, 1831, page 7:
        quivi essendosi Giove trasformato in un tauro bianchissimo e bello, []
        Jupiter, having transformed into a beautiful white bull, []
    2. (astronomy) Taurus (constellation)
      • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Ora era onde ’l salir non volea storpio; / ché ’l sole avëa il cerchio di merigge / lasciato al Tauro e la notte a lo Scorpio:
        The time was such that there needed not be hesitation in the ascent; for the sun had left the meridian circle to the Taurus, and the night to the Scorpio.
    3. (astrology) Taurus (zodiac sign)
      • 1540, Alessandro Piccolomini, “Del nascimento e cadimento dei segni nella sfera retta”, Libro terzo [Third book], in Della sfera del mondo[3], Venice: Al segno del Pozzo, page 30:
        il Tauro e l’Aquario ſono vgualmente lontani dal punto de l’equinottio de la Primauera
        [il Tauro e l'Acquario sono ugualmente lontani dal punto dell'equinozio della primavera]
        Taurus and Aquarius are equally distant from the point of the Spring Equinox

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Latin

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Noun

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taurō

  1. dative/ablative singular of taurus

Lithuanian

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Noun

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taũro

  1. genitive singular of taũras (aurochs)