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bove

bove is a Latin form of bos, meaning “ox, cow, bull”. It is the ablative singular feminine noun or ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Ovid, Heroides 1.52: Incola captivo quae bove victor arat.

Suetonius, Divus Titus 5.3: … regnum uindicare temptasset; quam suspicionem auxit, postquam Alexandriam petens in consecrando apud Memphim boue Apide diadema gestauit, de more quidem rituque priscae religionis; sed non deerant qui sequius interpretarent …

All forms of bos (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.