proper noun · femininefirst declension
Bovillae
Bovillae f pl (genitive Bovillārum)
Classical[bɔˈwɪl.lae̯]Ecclesiastical[boˈvil.le]
Bovilla
Meaning
- femininepluralan ancient city in Latium, founded as a colony of Alba Longa
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Bovillae |
| genitive | — | Bovillārum |
| dative | — | Bovillīs |
| accusative | — | Bovillās |
| ablative | — | Bovillīs |
| vocative | — | Bovillae |
| locative | — | Bovillīs |
Bŏvillae (Bŏbellae, Tab. Peut.; Bŏbillae, Gromat. Vet. p. 231, 11), ārum, f. (Bŏvilla, ae, f., Front. Colon. p. 103).
I. A small but very ancient town in Latium, a colony from Alba Longa, about twelve miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and, until some time in the Middle Ages, the first station on it;
it contained the Sacrarium of the Julian gens, Tac. A. 2, 41; 15, 23; id. H. 4, 2; 4, 46; Suet. Aug. 100; Flor. 1, 11, 6; Schol. Pers. 6, 55 al.; Vell. 2, 47, 4: suburbanae, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 33. Ov. F. 3, 667; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Inscr. Orell. 2625.—At an inn in this town Clodius, previously attacked and wounded in the Temple of Bona Dea, was murdered by Milo, Ascon. Cic. Mil. Argum. (4).—B. Derivv.
1. Bŏvil-lānus, a, um, adj., of Bovillœ:
vicinitas, Cic. Planc. 9, 23: pugna, i.e. the killing of Clodius (with a play on the word bovillus), id. Att. 5, 13, 1 B. and K.—2. Bŏvillen-ses, ium, m., inhabitants of Bovillœ, Inscr. Fabr. p. 456, n. 74; so Fratr. Arval. Marin. p. 654.—
II. Bovillanus fundus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3, is referred to another place of the same name in the territory of the Arpini, otherwise unknown.
Origins
From bovilla (“cattle stall”), from bōs (“ox”).