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‡ bocas, v. box.

Bocchar, ăris (in MSS. also Boc-chor, ŏris), m., a king of Mauritania at the time of the second Punic war, Liv. 29, 30, 1; cf. id. 29, 32, 1.
Hence, poet. for an African, in gen., Juv. 5, 90.

Bocchărum, i, n., a town on the larger of the Balearic islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.

Bocchus, i, m.,

  1. I. a king of Mauritania, father-in-law of Jugurtha, whom he gave up bound to Sulla, Sall. J. 19, 7; 80; 81; 83; 97; 101 sqq.; Vell. 2, 12, 1; Val. Max. 8, 14, 4; Flor. 3, 1, 15; Mel. 1, 5, 5; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 19; 8, 5, 5, § 15.
      1. 2. A plant, so called in honor of him: Βώχ, βοτάνης εἶδος, Hesych.; Verg. Cul. 404.
  2. II. A king of Mauritania, son of the former, Auct. B. Afr 25.

bōculus, bōcula, v. buculus.

būcŭlus (also bōcŭlus), i, m. dim. [bos],

  1. I. a young bullock, a steer, Col. 6, 2, 4; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 26.
    More freq. and class.,
  2. II. Subst.: būcŭla, ae, f., a young cow, a heifer, Verg. G. 1, 375; 4, 11; id. E. 8, 86.
    1. 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.