buculus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

bōs (“cow”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

būculus m (genitive būculī); second declension

  1. a young bullock, a steer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative būculus būculī
genitive būculī būculōrum
dative būculō būculīs
accusative būculum būculōs
ablative būculō būculīs
vocative būcule būculī

Descendants

  • Old French: bugle
    • → Middle English: bugle (through Anglo-Norman)
    • French: beugler

References

  • “buculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • buculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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