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beccus

beccus · m

a beak

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k

What it meant

beccus — Lewis & Short

beccus, i, m.Gallic; cf. Fr. bec; Engl. beak,

I a beak, bill, esp. of a cock; as a cognomen of Antonius Primus, Suet. Vit. 18.

In the wild

Becco Suetonius, Vitellius 18.1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. beccus (scan p. 92; entry #1212).

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