Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 4:2

שׁוֹר שֶׁהוּא מוּעָד לְמִינוֹ וְאֵינוֹ מוּעָד לְשֶׁאֵינוֹ מִינוֹ, מוּעָד לְאָדָם וְאֵינוֹ מוּעָד לִבְהֵמָה, מוּעָד לִקְטַנִּים וְאֵינוֹ מוּעָד לִגְדוֹלִים, אֶת שֶׁהוּא מוּעָד לוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם, וְאֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ מוּעָד לוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק. אָמְרוּ לִפְנֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, הֲרֵי שֶׁהָיָה מוּעָד לְשַׁבָּתוֹת וְאֵינוֹ מוּעָד לְחֹל. אָמַר לָהֶם, לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם, לִימוֹת הַחֹל מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק. אֵימָתַי הוּא תָם. מִשֶּׁיַּחֲזֹר בּוֹ שְׁלשָׁה יְמֵי שַׁבָּתוֹת:

If an ox were a muad to (animals of) its kind, and not a muad to (animals) not of its kind; a muad to men, and not a muad to beasts; a muad to small (animals) [i.e., calves], and not a muad to large — for what it is a muad to, it pays a full nezek, and for what it is not a muad to, it pays a half-nezek. They [his disciples] asked R. Yehudah: What [is the halachah] if it were a muad for Sabbaths but not for weekdays? [("a muad for Sabbaths":) Because it does not work then and its "mind" has free rein; or else, because it sees men in Sabbath finery, they appear strange to him, and he does not recognize them.] He answered: For Sabbaths, it pays a full nezek, and for weekdays, a half-nezek. When does he become a tam (again)? After desisting on three Sabbaths. [If, after being (confirmed as) a muad for Sabbaths, they pass before him oxen on three Sabbaths and he does not gore them, he reverts to his status of tam, after which, if he gores again, he pays only a half-nezek.]

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