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