ovis

See also: Ovis

Hungarian

Etymology

From ovi +‎ -s (adjective-forming suffix), from the clipping of óvoda (“preschool, kindergarten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoviʃ]
• Hyphenation: ovis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Adjective

ovis (not comparable)

1. (informal) Synonym of óvodás (“attending a preschool or kindergarten; typical or characteristic of the children attending these institutions”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ovis	ovisak
accusative	ovisat	ovisakat
dative	ovisnak	ovisaknak
instrumental	ovissal	ovisakkal
causal-final	ovisért	ovisakért
translative	ovissá	ovisakká
terminative	ovisig	ovisakig
essive-formal	ovisként	ovisakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ovisban	ovisakban
superessive	ovison	ovisakon
adessive	ovisnál	ovisaknál
illative	ovisba	ovisakba
sublative	ovisra	ovisakra
allative	ovishoz	ovisakhoz
elative	ovisból	ovisakból
delative	ovisról	ovisakról
ablative	ovistól	ovisaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ovisé	ovisaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	oviséi	ovisakéi

or

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ovis	ovisok
accusative	ovist	ovisokat
dative	ovisnak	ovisoknak
instrumental	ovissal	ovisokkal
causal-final	ovisért	ovisokért
translative	ovissá	ovisokká
terminative	ovisig	ovisokig
essive-formal	ovisként	ovisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ovisban	ovisokban
superessive	ovison	ovisokon
adessive	ovisnál	ovisoknál
illative	ovisba	ovisokba
sublative	ovisra	ovisokra
allative	ovishoz	ovisokhoz
elative	ovisból	ovisokból
delative	ovisról	ovisokról
ablative	ovistól	ovisoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ovisé	ovisoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	oviséi	ovisokéi

Noun

ovis (plural ovisok)

1. (informal) Synonym of óvodás (“kindergartner, preschooler”, a child who is educated at a preschool or kindergarten)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ovis	ovisok
accusative	ovist	ovisokat
dative	ovisnak	ovisoknak
instrumental	ovissal	ovisokkal
causal-final	ovisért	ovisokért
translative	ovissá	ovisokká
terminative	ovisig	ovisokig
essive-formal	ovisként	ovisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ovisban	ovisokban
superessive	ovison	ovisokon
adessive	ovisnál	ovisoknál
illative	ovisba	ovisokba
sublative	ovisra	ovisokra
allative	ovishoz	ovisokhoz
elative	ovisból	ovisokból
delative	ovisról	ovisokról
ablative	ovistól	ovisoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	ovisé	ovisoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	oviséi	ovisokéi

Possessive forms of ovis

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ovisom	ovisaim
2nd person sing.	ovisod	ovisaid
3rd person sing.	ovisa	ovisai
1st person plural	ovisunk	ovisaink
2nd person plural	ovisotok	ovisaitok
3rd person plural	ovisuk	ovisaik

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) or *h₃éwis. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि (ávi), Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), English ewe, Russian овца́ (ovcá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.u̯is/, [ˈou̯ɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vis/, [ˈɔːvis]

Noun

ovis f (genitive ovis); third declension

1. sheep
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Lucam.15.4-5:

     Quis ex vobis homo qui habet centum oves, et si perdiderit unam ex illis, nonne dimittit nonaginta novem in deserto, et vadit ad illam quae perierat, donec inveniat illam?

     Who among you, if you had a hundred sheep and one of them got lost, wouldn't leave the other ninety-nine behind and go for the lost one until you found it?

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

	singular	plural
nominative	ovis	ovēs
genitive	ovis	ovium
dative	ovī	ovibus
accusative	ovem	ovēs ovīs
ablative	ove ovī	ovibus
vocative	ovis	ovēs

Coordinate terms

• agnus
• ariēs

Derived terms

• ovicula
• Ovidius
• ovīnus
• suovetaurīlia

Descendants

• Aromanian: oai, oae, oie
• Istro-Romanian: oie
• Italian: ove
• Megleno-Romanian: oaiă
• Portuguese: Óis
• Romanian: oaie
• Translingual: Ovis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ōvīs n

1. dative/ablative plural of ōvum (“egg”)

References

• “ovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.