noun · femininethird declension
ovis
ovis f (genitive ovis)
Classical[ˈɔ.wɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.vis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininesheep
Quis ex vobis homo qui habet centum oves, et si perdiderit unam ex illis, nonne dimittit nonaginta novem in deserto, et vadit ad illam quae perierat, donec inveniat illam?
Who among you, if you had a hundred sheep and one of them got lost, wouldn't leave the other ninety-nine behind and go for the lost one until you found it?c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Lucam.15.4-5
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
animal molle, cuius lāna vestēs nōbīs dat.ovis -is f — in Mille Verba, Animālia
animal mīte lānātumovis -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 5, 7
pecus mīte, quod lānam datovis -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 11
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ovis ovicula | ovēs oviculae |
| genitive | ovis oviculae | ovium oviculārum |
| dative | ovī oviculae | ovibus oviculīs |
| accusative | ovem oviculam | ovēs ovīs, oviculās |
| ablative | ove ovī, oviculā | ovibus oviculīs |
| vocative | ovis ovicula | ovēs oviculae |
ŏvis, is (acc. ovim, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 26; al. ovem; abl. ovi, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.), f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. 216, 23:
I.
ovis mas, Varr. L. L. 5, 98; cf.: ovis semimas, Ov. F. 1, 588; cf. Fest. p. 195 Müll.) [kindr. with Sanscr. avi, ovis; Lith. awi-s; Slav. ovjza; Gr. ὄϊς; cf. also Goth. avistr, ovile], a sheep (class.). I. Lit.:
oves scabrae, glabrae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140: cum fervit maxime, tam placidum quasi ovem reddo, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: multae dictione ovium et boum, id. Rep. 2, 9, 16: ovis bona, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 11: aurata, Ov. H. 6, 2: infirmae, Hor. Epod. 2, 10: lanigera, Verg. A. 3, 660: Milesiae, Col. 7, 2, 3: nigra, Verg. G. 4, 546: pinguis, id. E. 6, 5: placida, Ov. M. 13, 927: custos ovium, Verg. G. 1, 17: magistri ovium, id. E. 2, 33: tondere oves, Hor. Ep. 2, 10.— Prov.: ovem lupo committere, to appoint the wolf shepherd, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.: O praeclarum custodem ovium, ut ajunt, lupum, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27.—II. Transf.
A. Poet., wool:
et niveam Tyrio murice tingit ovem, Tib. 2, 4, 28.—B. Sheep, for simpleton, ninny, fool, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 3, q. v. 15.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ovis is, f
1 AV-, a sheep: multae dictione ovium et boum: aurata, O.: infirmae, H.: lanigera, V.: custos ovium, V.: tondere oves, H.— Prov.: ovem lupo commisti, made the wolf shepherd, T.: O praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum.—Poet., wool: niveam Tyrio murice tingit ovem, Tb.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) or *h₃éwis. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि (ávi), Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), English ewe, Russian овца́ (ovcá).
Descendants
- Italianove
- PortugueseÓis
- Romanianoaie
- Englishove-
- Englishovi-
- Aromanianoai
- Aromanianoae
- Aromanianoie
- Istro-Romanianoie
- Megleno-Romanianoaiă