buculus

Latin

Alternative forms

bōculus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbuː.kʊ.ɫʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbuː.ku.lus]

Noun

būculus m (genitive būculī); second declension

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

Related terms

būcula

Descendants

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