bonasus
English
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόνᾱσος (bónāsos, “european bison”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /boˈnaː.sus/, [bɔˈnäːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈna.sus/, [boˈnäːs̬us]
Noun
bonāsus m (genitive bonāsī); second declension
- A species of bull in Poeonia (in Macedonia), with the hair of a horse, and with horns unfit for fighting.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bonāsus | bonāsī |
| Genitive | bonāsī | bonāsōrum |
| Dative | bonāsō | bonāsīs |
| Accusative | bonāsum | bonāsōs |
| Ablative | bonāsō | bonāsīs |
| Vocative | bonāse | bonāsī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Bison bonasus, Rhinoptera bonasus, Bos bonasus
References
- “bonasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bonasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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