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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fordus</b>: a, um (archaic form [[hordus]],<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. in the foll.), adj. [[fero]], [[with]] [[young]], [[pregnant]]: [[fordicidia]] a fordis bubus: bos [[forda]] quae fert in ventre, etc., Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; cf.: fordicidiis boves fordae id est gravidae immolabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.; and: tertia [[post]] Veneris cum lux surrexerit [[Idus]]. Pontifices, [[forda]] sacra litate bove. Forda ferens bos est fecundaque, dicta ferendo, Ov. F. 4, 630 sq.—Subst.: [[forda]], ae, f., a [[cow]] [[that]] is [[with]] [[calf]]: Col. 6, 24, 3; Ov. F. 4, 631.—Archaic form: [[horda]] [[praegnans]], [[unde]] [[dies]], quo gravidae hostiae immolabantur, [[hordicidia]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.
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{{Georges
|georg=fordus, a, um ([[fero]]), [[trächtig]], [[bos]], [[Varro]] LL. 6, 15. Ov. [[fast]]. 4, 630. – subst., [[forda]], ae, f. (sc. [[bos]]), eine trächtige [[Kuh]], Col. 6, 24. § 3 u. 4. Ov. [[fast]]. 4, 631.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fordus forda, fordum ADJ :: pregnant; with young
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