Luca bos

Latin

Etymology

Lūca (“Lucanian”) + bōs (“cow”), to mean elephant because the Romans first saw elephants in Heraclea, a city in Lucania, as part of Pyrrhus of Epirus's army.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ka boːs/, [ˈɫuː.ka boːs]

Noun

Lūca bōs f (genitive Lūcae bovis); third declension

Lucanian cow (an epithet for elephant)
- c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.1302
- c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.1339
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.16

Declension

First declension adjective with third declension irregular noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Lūca bōs	Lūcae bovēs
genitive	Lūcae bovis	Lūcārum boum
dative	Lūcae bovī	Lūcīs bōbus Lūcīs būbus
accusative	Lūcam bovem	Lūcās bovēs
ablative	Lūcā bove	Lūcīs bōbus Lūcīs būbus
vocative	Lūca bōs	Lūcae bovēs

Derived terms

prius pariet locusta Lūcam bovem

References

Lūca bōs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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