urcanus

urcanus [cf. CL ursus, canis], kind of ferocious dog, understood as cross of dog and bear. nec aliud genus ‥ praeter Lacaenam et ~um ‥ hunc ex urso et cane catenario Caius Can. f. 9b; ~us, saeva bestia, et intractabilis irae ‥ ceteros canes nostros omnes feroci crudelitate superans Ib. f. 10.

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