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Latin
Etymology
From bōs (“ox, cow”) + -ōna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Būbōna f sg (genitive Būbōnae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) A Roman goddess, numen and protector of oxen.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Bubona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bubona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.