I.of or relating to neat cattle: “NEGOTIANTES,” Inscr. Orell. 913: forum, the cattle market at Rome (in the eighth district of the city, near the Circus Maximus): “in foro bovario,” Cic. Aem. Scaur. 11, 23; Paul. ex Fest. p. 30, 5 Müll.; acc. to Ov. F. 6, 478, so called from the large brazen statue of an ox placed there; cf. Plin. 34, 3, 5, § 10; Tac. A. 12, 24; “acc. to fable, because Hercules fed here the herd which he took from Cacus,” Prop. 4 (5), 9, 19. Liv. 10, 23, 3; 33, 27, 4; 21, 62, 3; Val. Max. 1, 6, 5; 2, 4, 7: lappa boaria, a plant, unknown to us, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105.
bŏārĭus (bŏvārĭus , Cic. Aem. Scaur. 11, 23), a, um, adj. bos,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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