bonasus
English
Noun
bonasus (plural not attested)
- A bonnacon.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόνᾱσος (bónāsos, “european bison”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɔˈnaː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [boˈnaː.s̬us]
Noun
bonāsus m (genitive bonāsī); second declension
- A breed of bull in Poeonia (in Macedonia), with the hair of a horse, and with horns unfit for fighting.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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.