bucula
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bucula, buculae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
heifer, young cow;; little cheek; mouth/cheek-piece of a helmet; part of a machine/catapult channel;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...fessa iuuencum per nemora atque altos quaerendo bucula lucos, propter aquae riuom, uiridi procumbit in ulua perdita..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...neque oves haedique petulci floribus insultent aut errans bucula campo decutiat rorem et surgentes atterat herbas. Absint..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...illum surgentem uallibus imis aeriae fugere grues, aut bucula caelum suspiciens patulis captauit naribus auras, aut arguta lacus..."