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‡ bŭbulcārĭus, = βοώτης, a ploughman, Gloss. Gr. Lat. ( = bubulcus).

bŭbulcĭto, āre, v. n. (bŭbulcĭtor, āri, v. dep., Plaut.) [bubulcus], to be a herdsman, to keep, feed, or drive oxen (ante- and post-class., and very rare).

  1. I. Lit.: bubulcitarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 50; App. Flor. n. 6, p. 343, 14.
  2. II. Trop., to cry or bawl like an ox-driver, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 29 (Sat. Men. 52, 1).

1. bŭbulcus, i, m. [bos, bubulus, βοῦκος].

  1. I. In a restricted sense, one who ploughs with oxen, a ploughman, = arator (diff. from pastor and armentarius, a herdsman; so most freq. in the Script. rerr. rustt.), Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 4 sq.; Juv. 11, 151; cf. Col. 1, 6, 8; 1, 9, 2; 2, 2, 25; 2, 5, 2; 2, 12, 1 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 30; Juv. 7, 116; 11, 151 al.
  2. II. In a more general sense, a herdsman (rare, and not before the post-Aug. per.), Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 6.

2. Bŭbulcus, i, m., the cognomen of several persons in the gens Junia, Liv. 9, 20, 7; 27, 6, 8; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 10.

būbŭlīnus, a, um, adj. [bos], for bubulus, of cattle, ox- (post-Aug.; only in Veg.): stercus, Veg. 1, 13, 3: fimum, id. 3, 28, 3: sevum, id. 4, 8, 2: urina, id. 4, 17.

* būbŭlo, āre, v. n. [bubo], to cry, hoot, or screech like an owl, Auct. Carm. Phil. 37.

būbŭlus, a, um, adj. [bos], of or pertaining to cattle or oxen (class.): cori, thongs, straps of ox-hide, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11; and humorously, cottabi, the snapping of such ox-whips (cf. cottabus), id. Trin. 4, 4, 4 Lind.; so also monimenta, for lashes, id. Stich. 1, 2, 6; and, exuviae, id. Most. 4, 1, 26: pecus, neat cattle, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13: armentum, Col. 1, praef. § 26: fimum, Cato, R. R. 40, 2; Liv. 38, 18, 5: utres, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176: lac, cow’s milk, id. 11, 41, 96, § 238: caseus, Suet. Aug. 76: cornu, Plin. 13, 25, 51, § 140; used esp. freq. in medicine, Cels. 5, 22, 2; 5, 25, 4; Veg. 6, 27, 6 al.: caro, the flesh of neat cattle, beef, Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156; so absol.: būbŭla, ae, f. (sc. caro), Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 4; id. Curc. 2, 3, 88; Cels. 2, 24; Apic. 8, 5: jus bubulae, Scrib. Comp. 188 sq.: lingua, a plant, also called buglossa, ox-tongue, Cato, R. R. 40 fin.; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.
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