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hircus (also hircŭus and ircus ; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 20;
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.—
B. An epithet applied to a filthy person: “hircus, hara suis,” Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 38: “propter operam illius hirqui improbi edentuli,” id. Cas. 3, 2, 20.—
C. Of voluptuous persons, id. Merc. 2, 2, 1; 4; Cat. 37, 5; Poët. Atell. ap. Suet. Tib. 45.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Casina, 3.2
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.4
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.312
    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.27
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 220
    • Plautus, Mercator, 2.2
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 45
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.60
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.20
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