adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
bovīllus
bovīllus (feminine bovīlla, neuter bovīllum)
Classical[bɔˈwiːl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[boˈvil.lus]
Meaning
- adjectiverareof or pertaining to cattle, cows, oxen or bulls.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bovīllus | bovīlla | bovīllum |
| genitive | bovīllī | bovīllae | bovīllī |
| dative | bovīllō | bovīllae | bovīllō |
| accusative | bovīllum | bovīllam | bovīllum |
| ablative | bovīllō | bovīllā | bovīllō |
| vocative | bovīlle | bovīlla | bovīllum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bovīllī | bovīllae | bovīlla |
| genitive | bovīllōrum | bovīllārum | bovīllōrum |
| dative | bovīllīs | bovīllīs | bovīllīs |
| accusative | bovīllōs | bovīllās | bovīlla |
| ablative | bovīllīs | bovīllīs | bovīllīs |
| vocative | bovīllī | bovīllae | bovīlla |
bŏvillus, a, um, adj., a very ancient form of the class. bubulus [bos].
I. Of or pertaining to oxen or cows:
grex, in an old religious formula, Liv. 22, 10, 3: carnes, Theod. Prisc. 1, 7.—No comp. or sup.—II. Bŏvillus, a, um, = Bovillanus; v. Bovillae, I. B. 1. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bovillus adj.
bos, of horned cattle, of neat cattle: grex, L. (in old formula).
Origins
From bōs (“cow, bull, ox”), possibly via bovīnus + -lus. Compare ovīllus, suīllus.