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boarius

boarius · adj

of

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

bŏārĭus — Lewis & Short

bŏārĭus (bŏvārĭus, a, um, adj.bos,

Cic. Aem. Scaur. 11, 23),
I of or relating to neat cattle: NEGOTIANTES, Inscr. Orell. 913: forum, the cattle market at Rome (in the eighth district of the city, near the Circus Maximus): in foro bovario, Cic. Aem. Scaur. 11, 23; Paul. ex Fest. p. 30, 5 Müll.; acc. to Ov. F. 6, 478, so called from the large brazen statue of an ox placed there; cf. Plin. 34, 3, 5, § 10; Tac. A. 12, 24; acc. to fable, because Hercules fed here the herd which he took from Cacus, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 19. Liv. 10, 23, 3; 33, 27, 4; 21, 62, 3; Val. Max. 1, 6, 5; 2, 4, 7: lappa boaria, a plant, unknown to us, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105.

In the wild

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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