taurus
See also: Taurus
Translingual
Latin

taurus (a bull)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Prussian tauris, Proto-Germanic *steuraz. Possibly of Semitic origin, borrowed into Semitic, or both from a separate, unknown source; confer Proto-Semitic *θawr-, compare Arabic ثور, Hebrew שור. Related to English steer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.rus/, [ˈtau̯.rʊs]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
taurus m (genitive taurī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | taurus | taurī |
Genitive | taurī | taurōrum |
Dative | taurō | taurīs |
Accusative | taurum | taurōs |
Ablative | taurō | taurīs |
Vocative | taure | taurī |
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Descendants
See also
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- taurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- taurus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “toro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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