Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1278.ouis on page 1278
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ovis sheep
ovis is a Latin Noun that primarily means sheep.
Definitions for ovis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
sheep
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A sheep, whether ram or ewe. (b) (spec., in contrast with aries) a ewe. (c) ~is fera, a name given to the giraffe.
Sentences with ovis
Latin to English
Vendat oleum, si pretium habeat, vinum, frumentum quod supersit vendat; boves, vetulos armenta delicula, oves deliculas, lanam, pelles, plostrum vetus, ferramenta vetera, servum senem, servum morbosum, et siquid aliut supersit vendat. Patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse oportet. (Id., II,7)Compare Sell the oil, if it fetches a good price, sell whatever excess there be of wine and grain; sell off the worn-out oxen, defective cattle, defective sheep, wool, hides, the old wagon, old tools, the aged slave, the sickly slave, and all else that is of no use. The proprietor of an estate should be eager to sell, not to buy.
O praeclarus custos ovis, ut aio, lupus!Compare O excellent guardian of the sheep, as they say, a wolf!
Declension table for ovis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ovis | ovēs |
| Gen. | ovis | ovium |
| Dat. | ovī | ovibus |
| Acc. | ovem | ovīs / -ēs |
| Abl. | ovī / -e | ovibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 483.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1278.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ovis, ovis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 19, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ovis-ovis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 483.on page 483
