LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ovīnus

ovīnus (feminine ovīna, neuter ovīnum)
Classical[ɔˈwiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[oˈviː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveovine; (relational) sheep

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeovīnusovīnaovīnum
genitiveovīnīovīnaeovīnī
dativeovīnōovīnaeovīnō
accusativeovīnumovīnamovīnum
ablativeovīnōovīnāovīnō
vocativeovīneovīnaovīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeovīnīovīnaeovīna
genitiveovīnōrumovīnārumovīnōrum
dativeovīnīsovīnīsovīnīs
accusativeovīnōsovīnāsovīna
ablativeovīnīsovīnīsovīnīs
vocativeovīnīovīnaeovīna

ŏvīnus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to sheep, sheep's (post-class.): cauda, Ser. Samm. 14, 254.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ówis
  2. Proto-Italic*owis
  3. Latinovīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin ovīnus From ovis (“sheep”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Catalanoví
  • Frenchovin
  • Italianovino
  • Occitanovin
  • Portugueseovino
  • Romanianoină
  • Spanishovino
  • Aromanianuin

Quick answers

What does ovīnus mean in Latin?
ovīnus, a adjective, means “ovine; (relational) sheep”.
How do you pronounce ovīnus?
In classical Latin, [ɔˈwiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [oˈviː.nus].
Where does ovīnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis → Proto-Italic *owis → Latin ovīnus.