bubulcus

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See also: Bubulcus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bōs (ox) +‎ -bulcus (-herd), likely by analogy of subulcus.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubulcus m (genitive bubulcī); second declension

  1. a herdsman, ox-driver, cowherd
  2. a ploughman
  3. a rustic

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bubulcus bubulcī
Genitive bubulcī bubulcōrum
Dative bubulcō bubulcīs
Accusative bubulcum bubulcōs
Ablative bubulcō bubulcīs
Vocative bubulce bubulcī

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: bifolco
  • Albanian: bujk

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bōs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  • bubulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bubulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bubulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bubulcus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray