taurus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === tarvus, tarvos (archaic) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtau̯.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtaːu̯.rus] === Noun === taurus m (genitive taurī); second declension a bull, steer the constellation Taurus the bull an instrument of torture, in the shape of a bull a (dialectal, Gaul) small bird that sounds like the lowing of oxen, possibly the bittern a kind of beetle (anatomy) the perineum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Hypernyms ==== bōs ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== vacca === References === “taurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “taurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "taurus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “taurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “taurus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “taurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “taurus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “toro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN === Anagrams === sutura == Latvian == === Noun === taurus m accusative plural of taurs (“aurochs”) == Lithuanian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tɒʊˈrʊs] === Adjective === taurùs m (feminine tauri̇̀, neuter taurù) stress pattern 4 noble Synonym: kilnùs honorable ==== Declension ==== === Noun === taurùs accusative plural of taũras (“aurochs”)