different between ovis vs ovine

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówis (“sheep”) or *h?éwis. Cognate with Sanskrit ??? (ávi), Ancient Greek ??? (óïs), English ewe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.u?is/, [??u??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.vis/, [???vis]

Noun

ovis f (genitive ovis); third declension

1. sheep

Declension

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

Derived terms

• ovicula
• Ovidius
• ovinus

Descendants

Coordinate terms

• agnus
• aries

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

?v?s

1. dative/ablative plural of ?vum

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?va?n/

Adjective

ovine (not comparable)

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep
   • 1992, Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped, page 175

     Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine.

2. (figuratively, by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent

Synonyms

• (of or relating to sheep): sheeplike, sheepy
• (resembling a sheep in character): sheepish

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

ovine (plural ovines)

1. A sheep.

Translations

Anagrams

• envoi

French

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine singular of ovin

Anagrams

• envoi

Italian

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine plural of ovino

Anagrams

• niveo

Latin

Adjective

ov?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of ov?nus