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bovinator

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Latin

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Etymology

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From bovīnor +‎ -tor.

Noun

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bovīnātor m (genitive bovīnātōris); third declension

  1. bellower, one who bellows like a cow, particularly,
    1. troublemaker, one who causes an uproar
    2. Synonym of tergiversātor, evader, one attempting to evade, especially through noise and bluster, from handling cattle

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bovīnātor bovīnātōrēs
genitive bovīnātōris bovīnātōrum
dative bovīnātōrī bovīnātōribus
accusative bovīnātōrem bovīnātōrēs
ablative bovīnātōre bovīnātōribus
vocative bovīnātor bovīnātōrēs

Synonyms

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References

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  • bovinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bovinator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.