The corpus record — Latin

bocchus

bocchus · m

a king of Mauritania

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Where it lives

Jugurtha 38 · 17.9/10k
de bello Gildonico 2 · 6.32/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.4/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Naturalis Historia 12 · 0.3/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Bocchus — Lewis & Short

Bocchus, i, m.,

I a king of Mauritania, father-in-law of Jugurtha, whom he gave up bound to Sulla, Sall. J. 19, 7; 80; 81; 83; 97; 101 sqq.; Vell. 2, 12, 1; Val. Max. 8, 14, 4; Flor. 3, 1, 15; Mel. 1, 5, 5; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 19; 8, 5, 5, § 15.—

2 A plant, so called in honor of him: *bw/x, bota/nhs ei)=dos, Hesych.; Verg. Cul. 404.—

II A king of Mauritania, son of the former, Auct. B. Afr 25.

In the wild

6 of 60 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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