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taurus

taurus, a bull, bullock, steer

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ille taurus qui vexit Europam
that is the bull which carried Europa

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

taurus , ī, m.: a bull, steer, ox, bullock, 2.202, et al.
taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. ταῦρος; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.
  • I Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66 (197); Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —
  • II Transf.
    • A A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—
    • B The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—
    • C A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—
    • D A kind of beetle: tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes, Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —
    • E A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —
  • F The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. ὄρρος, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.

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