I.“and the Sabine form, FIRCUS,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 97 Müll.; cf. haedus init.), i, m., a he-goat, buck (cf. haedus, caper).
I. Lit., Verg. E. 3, 8; 91; id. G. 3, 312; Hor. Epod. 16, 34; id. A. P. 220 (Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60: foedissimum animalium).—
II. Transf.
A. Like caper, a goatish smell, the rank smell of the armpits: “hircum ab alis (sapere),” Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 48: “alarum,” Cat. 71, 1: “an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis,” Hor. Epod. 12, 5: “pastillos Rufillus olet, Gargonius hircum,” id. S. 1, 2, 27; 1, 4, 92.—