pecus

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3, neuter) A group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and equines.
2. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) Any other group of animals, imagined as a herd or flock; such animals collectively: beasts.
3. (declension-3, derogatory, neuter) A mindless group of people: "cattle", "sheep", rabble, the mob.
4. (Late-Latin, declension-3, neuter) Any individual animal, conceived as a member or usual member of a flock or herd.

Sinonieme

grex

armentum

capitale

jumentum

pecu

bos

bōvēs

vacca

🐮

Vertalings

ganado

bétail

Rinder

bestiar

gado

bestiame

’zoa

flock

مواشٍ

zoda’na

runderen

rundvee

Rind

🐮

animal de ramaderia

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈpɛ.kʊs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *pekos, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱ-os (“livestock”). Related to pecū, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”). Cognates include Sanskrit पशु (páśu, “cattle”), Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”), Old Saxon fehu, Old English feoh, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu), Old Norse fé, Swedish fä and Lithuanian pēkus (“cattle”).
The origin of the suffixal -d- in pecus ~ pecudis is unknown.