The corpus record — Latin

hircosus

hircosus · adj

that smells like a goat

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

hircōsus — Lewis & Short

hircōsus, a, um, adj.hircus,

I that smells like a goat, goatish: senex, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 14: gens centurionum, Pers. 3, 77: subulcus, Mart. 10, 98, 10; cf.: licet scripti sint inter hircosos, possint tamen inter unguentatos placere, Sen. Fragm. ap. Gell. 12, 2, 11; Mart. 12, 59, 5.

In the wild

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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