Noun: ovis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Accusative
| Singular | ovem |
| Plural | ovēs; ovīs |
Ablative
| Singular | ove; ovī |
| Plural | ovibus |
Sample Sentences
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Quis ex vobis homo qui habet centum oves, et si perdiderit unam ex illis, nonne dimittit nonaginta novem in deserto, et vadit ad illam quae perierat, donec inveniat illam? (Who among you, if you had a hundred sheep and one of them got lost, wouldn't leave the other ninety-nine behind and go for the lost one until you found it?) [c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Lucam.15.4-5]
Nouns inflected like ovis
subclassis,
birēmis,
novālis,
superclassis,
quadrirēmis,
quīnquerēmis,
classis,
vōcālis,
amnis,
auris,
fīnis,
orbis,
cīvis,
rudis,
nātālis,
sēmivōcālis,
trirēmis,
maiālis,
majālis,
mataris, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) or *h₃éwis. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि (ávi), Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), English ewe, Russian овца́ (ovcá). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ὄϊς', English Nouns '
ewe'.
Verbs referencing "ovis"
English Nouns
ewe, English Nouns
ovine, Russian Nouns
овца, Old English Nouns
eowu, Ancient Greek Nouns
οἶς, Latvian Nouns
auns, Romanian Nouns
oier.
Translations