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Taurinus

Taurinus

of a bull, of ox-hide

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Where it lives

  • Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
  • Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
  • Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 4 · 2.57/10k
  • Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
  • Carminum minorum corpusculum 1 · 1.18/10k
  • De Medicina 12 · 1.17/10k
  • Naturalis Historia 41 · 1.03/10k
  • Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
  • Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
  • Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k
  • Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. taurinus — de Vaan

taurinus 'of a bull, of ox-hide' (PI.+). Pit. *tauro- 'bull'. It. cognates: U. turuf, torn [acc.pL]/tures [abl.pl J [m.] 'a certain sacrificial animaF, 'bull?'. -; IE cognates: Olr. tarb, W. tarw, Gr ταύρος 'bull' [m.]^ Lith. tauras, Latv. tours [m.] 'aurochs', OCS turb 'bull', Ru. tur (gen. turd) , SCr. tur 'aurochs'. It is striking that Latin does not show the change of *-awr- > *-arw- as inparvum, and with -e- in … — [de Vaan, s.v. taurinus, p. 621]

2. taurīnus — Lewis & Short

taurīnus, a, um, adj.taurus,

I of or belonging to bulls or oxen, bull's-, taurine (mostly poet.): vultus (Eridani), Verg. G. 4, 371: frons, Ov. F. 6, 197: gluten, Lucr. 6, 1069: sanguis, Plin. 28, 9, 41, § 147: fel, id. 28, 9, 40, § 146: fimum, id. 28, 17, 68, § 232: tergum, a bull's hide, Verg. A. 1, 368; hence, also, tympana (cf. taureus), Claud. Cons. Stil. 2, 365; and pulsus, on a drum, Stat. Th. 2, 78.

3. Taurīnus — Lewis & Short

Taurīnus, a, um, v. Taurini.

In the wild

6 of 82 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. taurinus (scan p. 621; entry #1769). Root candidates: *tauro-.

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