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Definition of "ovis" [ovis]

  • In zoology, the typical genus of Ovinæ, including the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, with its wild originals and most other wild sheep. (noun)

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Use "ovis" in a sentence
  • ""Go to them," said she, to one of her attendants, "and say these words from me, tanquim ovis, that is, like a sheep to the slaughter.""
  • "22, Plutarch describes the minor triumph, called the Ovatio, which name is from the word 'ovis' a sheep; for a sheep only was sacrificed by the general who had the minor triumph; he who had the greater triumph, sacrificed an ox."
  • "She sent a messenger to them with the words "tamquam ovis," that is, like a sheep, trusting that her erudite staff would be able to finish the rest of the Latin phrase."
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