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bovinator

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Latin

Etymology

From bovīnor + -tor.

Noun

bovīnātor m (genitive bovīnātōris); third declension

  1. bellower, one who bellows like a cow, particularly,
    1. troublemaker, one who causes an uproar
    2. synonym of tergiversātor, evader, one attempting to evade, especially through noise and bluster, from handling cattle

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

References

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