taurinus

See also: tauriņus

Latin

Etymology

From taurus +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tau̯ˈriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tau̯ˈriː.nus]

Adjective

taurīnus (feminine taurīna, neuter taurīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) bulls, oxen; taurine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	taurīnus	taurīna	taurīnum		taurīnī	taurīnae	taurīna
genitive	taurīnī	taurīnae	taurīnī		taurīnōrum	taurīnārum	taurīnōrum
dative	taurīnō	taurīnae	taurīnō		taurīnīs
accusative	taurīnum	taurīnam	taurīnum		taurīnōs	taurīnās	taurīna
ablative	taurīnō	taurīnā	taurīnō		taurīnīs
vocative	taurīne	taurīna	taurīnum		taurīnī	taurīnae	taurīna

Related terms

• taurus

Descendants

• → Catalan: taurí (learned)
• → English: taurine

References

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