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bubalus

bubalus · m

a kind of African stag

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

būbălus — Lewis & Short

būbălus, i, m., = bou/balos,

I a kind of African stag or gazelle, Plin. 8, 15, 15, § 38; Sol. 20, 5; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5.—Hence, bū-bălus, a, um, adj., of the gazelle: caro, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 19; id. 1 Par. 16, 3.—

II The buffalo, wild-ox, = urus, Sol. 20, 5; Mart. Spect. 23, 4; this use of the word is censured by Pliny, 8, 15, 15, § 38.—Collat. form būfălus, i, m., Ven. Fort. Carm. 7, 4, 21.

In the wild

bubalorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.38.p1
bubalorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.15.p1

Where it came from

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