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buculus

buculus · m

a young bullock

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

būcŭlus — Lewis & Short

būcŭlus (also bōcŭlus), i, m.dim.bos,

I a young bullock, a steer, Col. 6, 2, 4; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 26.—More freq. and class.,

II Subst.: būcŭla, ae, f., a young cow, a heifer, Verg. G. 1, 375; 4, 11; id. E. 8, 86. —

B As a work of art, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48. The statue of a brazen cow at Athens, the work of Myron, was especially distinguished, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57.

In the wild

buculos Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.2.4

Where it came from

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