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Latin
Etymology
From taurus + -īnus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
taurīnus (feminine taurīna, neuter taurīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) bulls, oxen; taurine
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “taurinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “taurinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- taurinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.