bovicidium

Latin

Etymology

bōs (“cow, bull, ox”) +‎ -cīdium

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /bo.u̯iˈkiː.di.um/, [bou̯ɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bo.viˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [boviˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

bovicīdium n (genitive bovicīdiī or bovicīdī); second declension

  1. slaughtering of cattle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bovicīdium bovicīdia
Genitive bovicīdiī
bovicīdī1		 bovicīdiōrum
Dative bovicīdiō bovicīdiīs
Accusative bovicīdium bovicīdia
Ablative bovicīdiō bovicīdiīs
Vocative bovicīdium bovicīdia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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