bubulcus

See also: Bubulcus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bubulcus m (genitive bubulcī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bubulcus bubulcī
genitive bubulcī bubulcōrum
dative bubulcō bubulcīs
accusative bubulcum bubulcōs
ablative bubulcō bubulcīs
vocative bubulce bubulcī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: bifolco
  • → Albanian: bujk

References

  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
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