ovis

From ovi +‎ -s (adjective-forming suffix), from the clipping of óvoda (“preschool, kindergarten”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈoviʃ]
• Hyphenation: ovis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

ovis (not comparable)

1. (informal) synonym of óvodás (“attending a preschool or kindergarten; typical or characteristic of the children attending these institutions”)

or

ovis (plural ovisok)

1. (informal) synonym of óvodás (“kindergartner, preschooler”, a child who is educated at a preschool or kindergarten)

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).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.wɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.vis]

ovis f (genitive ovis); third declension

1. sheep
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Lucam.15.4-5:

     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?

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ōvīs n

1. dative/ablative plural of ōvum (“egg”)

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