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vitulus

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *wetelos, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (year), same source as Ancient Greek ἔταλον (étalon), Albanian viç, English wether, Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (wether), Dutch weder, weer (wether), German Widder (wether, ram), Swedish vädur (wether, ram), Icelandic veður (wether, ram). See also Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλός (Ītalós).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vitulus m (genitive vitulī); second declension

  1. a bull calf
    Synonym: bovulus (Medieval Latin)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vitulus vitulī
genitive vitulī vitulōrum
dative vitulō vitulīs
accusative vitulum vitulōs
ablative vitulō vitulīs
vocative vitule vitulī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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(via VL. *vituleus):

  • Aromanian: vitulj, vituljiu
  • Romanian: vătui

Borrowings:

References

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  • vitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vitulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vitulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray