bovillus

== Latin == === Etymology === From bōs (“cow, bull, ox”), possibly via bovīnus +‎ -lus. Compare ovīllus, suīllus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɔˈwiːl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [boˈvil.lus] === Adjective === bovīllus (feminine bovīlla, neuter bovīllum); first/second-declension adjective (rare) of or pertaining to cattle, cows, oxen or bulls. ==== Usage notes ==== In Aureate prose bovillus is used only by Livy in the text of a referendum put during the Punic Wars at the behest of the Pontifex Maximus relating to a sacrifice. Livy uses būbulus in a more general context, as do other writers including Cato the Elder. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “bovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bovillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bovillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.