Bubulcus

See also: bubulcus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Bubulcus bubulcus

Etymology

From Latin bubulcus (“herdsman”).

Proper noun

Bubulcus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – the cattle erget.

Derived terms

• Bubulcus ibis

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From bubulcus (“herdsman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /buˈbul.kus/, [bʊˈbʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈbul.kus/, [buˈbulkus]

Proper noun

Bubulcus m sg (genitive Bubulcī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bubulcus
Genitive	Bubulcī
Dative	Bubulcō
Accusative	Bubulcum
Ablative	Bubulcō
Vocative	Bubulce

References

• “Bubulcus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray