Etymology

From bōs (“ox, bull”). The formation is obscure: the apparent base, būb-, which is also found in būbīle (“stall for cattle”) and Būbōna (“goddess of oxen”), is unexpected because of the additional -b- (expected is bovi-, bū- or bō-); neither does -ulus usually derive adjectives from nouns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbuː.bʊ.ɫʊs]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#BUBULUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#BUBULUS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbuː.bu.lus]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#BUBULUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#BUBULUS

Adjective

būbulus (feminine būbula, neuter būbulum)Category:Latin lemmas#BUBULUSCategory:Latin adjectives#BUBULUSCategory:Latin first and second declension adjectives#BUBULUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#BUBULUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUBULUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BUBULUS; first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to cattle, cows, oxen or bulls.

References

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