bubulus

Latin

Etymology

From bōs (“ox, bull”). The formation is obscure: the apparent base, būb-, which is also found in būbīle (“stall for cattle”) and Būbōna (“goddess of oxen”), is unexpected because of the additional -b- (expected is bovi-, bū- or bō-); neither does -ulus usually derive adjectives from nouns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

būbulus (feminine būbula, neuter būbulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to cattle, cows, oxen or bulls.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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References

  • “bubulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bubulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “bubulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.