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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>hircus</b>: (also hircŭus and [[ircus]]; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 20;<br /><b>I</b> and the [[Sabine]] form, FIRCUS, Varr. L. L. 5, § 97 Müll.; cf. [[haedus]] init.), i, m., a he-[[goat]], [[buck]] (cf. [[haedus]], [[caper]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of [[voluptuous]] persons, id. Merc. 2, 2, 1; 4; Cat. 37, 5; Poët. Atell. ap. Suet. Tib. 45.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>hircus</b>¹² <b>(irquus</b> Pl. Cas. 550, <b>[[ircus]] Quint. 1, 5, 20 <b>)</b>, ī, m., bouc : Virg. B. 3, 8 ; G. 3, 312 ; Hor. P. 220 || le bouc, odeur de bouc : Hor. S. 1, 2, 27, etc. || en parl. d’un débauché : Pl. Merc. 272 ; Catul. 37, 5.
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