ovinus

Latin

Etymology

From ovis (“sheep”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ovīnus (feminine ovīna, neuter ovīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. ovine; (relational) sheep
    Synonym: ovīllus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ovīnus ovīna ovīnum ovīnī ovīnae ovīna
genitive ovīnī ovīnae ovīnī ovīnōrum ovīnārum ovīnōrum
dative ovīnō ovīnae ovīnō ovīnīs
accusative ovīnum ovīnam ovīnum ovīnōs ovīnās ovīna
ablative ovīnō ovīnā ovīnō ovīnīs
vocative ovīne ovīna ovīnum ovīnī ovīnae ovīna

Descendants

  • Aromanian: uin
  • Catalan: oví
  • French: ovin
  • Italian: ovino
  • Occitan: ovin
  • Portuguese: ovino
  • Romanian: oină
  • Spanish: ovino

References

  • “ovinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ovinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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