bucolicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• būcolicos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buːˈko.li.kus/, [buːˈkɔlʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈko.li.kus/, [buˈkɔːlikus]

Adjective

būcolicus (feminine būcolica, neuter būcolicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to shepherds
2. bucolic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	būcolicus	būcolica	būcolicum		būcolicī	būcolicae	būcolica
Genitive	būcolicī	būcolicae	būcolicī		būcolicōrum	būcolicārum	būcolicōrum
Dative	būcolicō		būcolicō		būcolicīs
Accusative	būcolicum	būcolicam	būcolicum		būcolicōs	būcolicās	būcolica
Ablative	būcolicō	būcolicā	būcolicō		būcolicīs
Vocative	būcolice	būcolica	būcolicum		būcolicī	būcolicae	būcolica

Related terms

• būcula

Descendants

• English: bucolic
• French: bucolique
• Italian: bucolico
• Portuguese: bucólico
• Spanish: bucólico

References

• “bucolicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bucolicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bucolicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.