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Latin
Etymology
From bōs, bovis (“bull”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
Noun
bovulus m (genitive bovulī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- diminutive of bōs. small bull, calf
- Synonym: vitulus
13th c., Albertus Magnus, De animalibus, 5.49[1]:sivе vitula et bovulus parvus grossiorem habet tauro magno- even a heifer and a smal calf have a greater than a big ox
References
- ^ Stadler, Hermann, editor (1916), “De animalibus libri XXVI. Band 1: Buch I–XII enthaltend”, in Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters, volume 15, Münster, page 429