vitulus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), same source as Ancient Greek ἔταλον (étalon), Albanian viç, English wether, Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”). See also Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλός (Ītalós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwi.tu.lus/, [ˈwɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

vitulus m (genitive vitulī); second declension

  1. a bull calf

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vitulus vitulī
Genitive vitulī vitulōrum
Dative vitulō vitulīs
Accusative vitulum vitulōs
Ablative vitulō vitulīs
Vocative vitule vitulī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • vitulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vitulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • vitulus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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