vitulus

Latin

Etymology

FromProto-Italic*wetelos,fromProto-Indo-European*wet-(“year”),same source asAncient Greekἔταλον(étalon),Albanianviç,Englishwether,Scotsweddir,woddir,wadder(“wether”),Dutchweder,weer(“wether”),GermanWidder(“wether, ram”),Swedishvädur(“wether, ram”),Icelandicveður(“wether, ram”).See alsoAncient GreekῙ̓ταλός(Ītalós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈu̯i.tu.lus/,[ˈu̯ɪt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈvi.tu.lus/,[ˈviːt̪ulus]

Noun

vitulusm(genitivevitulī);second declension

1. abullcalf

   Synonym:bovulus(Medieval Latin)

Declension

Second-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vitulus	vitulī
genitive	vitulī	vitulōrum
dative	vitulō	vitulīs
accusative	vitulum	vitulōs
ablative	vitulō	vitulīs
vocative	vitule	vitulī

Derived terms

• vitellus
• vitulus marīnus(“sea calf, seal”)

Related terms

• vitula

Descendants

(via VL. *vituleus):

• Aromanian:vitulj,vituljiu
• Romanian:vătui

Borrowings:

• →Portuguese:vítulo
• →Sicilian:Vìtulu
  • →Italian:Vitolo
• →Spanish:vítulo

References

• “vitulus”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vitulus”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• vitulusin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vitulusinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• “vitulus”,inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,London: John Murray