taurus

See also: Taurus

Latin

taurus (a bull)

Alternative forms

• (archaic) tarvus, tarvos

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.rus/, [ˈt̪au̯.rʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.rus/, [ˈt̪au̯.rus]

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Noun

taurus m (genitive taurī); second declension

1. a bull, steer
2. an instrument of torture, in the shape of a bull
3. a small bird that sounds like the lowing of oxen, possibly the bittern
4. a kind of beetle
5. (anatomy) the perineum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	taurus	taurī
Genitive	taurī	taurōrum
Dative	taurō	taurīs
Accusative	taurum	taurōs
Ablative	taurō	taurīs
Vocative	taure	taurī

Hypernyms

• bōs

Derived terms

• taura
• taureus
• tauricornis
• taurifer
• tauriformis
• taurigenus
• taurīnus
• taurobolicus
• taurobolīnus
• taurobolior
• taurocenta
• taurophthalmon
• taurulus
• Taurus

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: tavru
• Asturian: toru
• Catalan: toro
• Corsican: toru
• → English: Taurus
• French: taureau
• Friulian: taur
• Galician: touro
• Ido: tauro
• Interlingua: tauro
• Italian: toro
• Norman: touothé
• Occitan: taur
• Old French: tor

• Portuguese: touro
• Romanian: taur
• Romansch: taur
• Sardinian: trau
• Sicilian: tàuru, tàvuru
• Spanish: toro
  • → Navajo: dóola
  • → Northern Tepehuan: tuúru
  • → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: toro
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: tuur
  • → Taos: tùlu’úna
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: turo
• Venetian: toro
• Walloon: torea

See also

• vacca

References

• taurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taurus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taurus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• taurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• taurus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• taurus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taurus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “toro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Anagrams

• sutura

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Latvian

Noun

taurus m

1. accusative plural form of taurs