buculus

buculus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • bōculus

Etymology

    From bōs (“cow”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    būculus m (genitive būculī); second declension

    1. a young bullock, a steer

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative būculus būculī
    genitive būculī būculōrum
    dative būculō būculīs
    accusative būculum būculōs
    ablative būculō būculīs
    vocative būcule būculī

    Descendants

    • Old French: bugle
      • → Middle English: bugle (through Anglo-Norman)
      • French: beugler

    References

    • “buculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “buculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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