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porcus , i, m. cf. Gr. πόρκος, Varr. L. L. 5, § 97 Müll.; Umbr. purka, O. H. Germ. farah.
I. Lit., a tame swine, a hog, pig: “sunt domi agni, et porci sacres,Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 4: “villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, gallinā, etc.,Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Mart. 8, 22, 1: “Scrofa alat suos porcos,her pigs, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 13: “porcus femina,a female swine, sow, Cato, R. R. 134; Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57.—Of a glutton, as a term of reproach, hog, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 16; Cat. 39, 11.—
II. Transf.
A. Porcus marinus, the sea-hog, porpoise, Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 56; “also called simply porcus,id. 32, 2, 9, § 19.—
B. = pudendum muliebre, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 10.—
C. Caput porci, in milit. lang., a wedge-shaped order of battle, Amm. 17, 13; cf. porcinus, II.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Plautus, Rudens, 4.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.19
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.56
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.22
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 16
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