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taurus , i, m. = Gr. ταῦρος; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier,
I.a bull, bullock, ox, steer.
II. Transf.
A. A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—
B. The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—
C. A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—
E. A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —
F. The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. ὄρρος, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.28
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.73
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.218
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.212
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.110
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.110
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 30.39
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.13
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.11
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.20
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