Bucephalus
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
Proper noun edit
Bucephalus
- (historical) The warhorse of Alexander the Great.
Translations edit
the warhorse of Alexander the Great
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Further reading edit
- Bucephalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alexandria Bucephalous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun edit
Bucephalus (plural Bucephaluses)
- (humorous) Any horse used for riding.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- the Bucephalus which he bestrode
- (figurative, obsolete) That which is the greatest of its kind.
- 1892, Herbert A. Giles, A Chinese–English Dictionary, 1st edition: