The corpus record — Latin

taureus

taureus · adj

of a bull

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 3 · 2.04/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 1 · 0.59/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k
Punica 4 · 0.52/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

taurĕus — Lewis & Short

taurĕus, a, um, adj.taurus,

I of a bull or ox, of oxen, taurine (mostly poet.).

I Adj.: vincla, i. e. taurean bands (a poet. expression to denote glue), Lucr. 6, 1071: terga, bulls' hides, Verg. A. 9, 706; also, meton., for a drum, Ov. F. 4, 342.—

II Subst.: taurĕa, ae, f.

1 A whip of bull's hide, Juv. 6, 492; Tert. ad Mart. 5.—

2 = taura, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 140.

In the wild

taurea Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.1071
Taurea Silius Italicus, Punica 13.143
Taurea Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.23.46.13
Taurea Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 p46
taurea Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 24
Taurea Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.26.15.11

6 of 20 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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