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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=pecu pecus N N :: herd, flock; cattle, sheep; farm animals (pl.); pastures (L+S); money
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pĕcu</b>: (dat. pecui, Lucil. ap. Gell. [[infra]]; plur.: pecua, [[pecuda]];<br /><b>I</b> gen. pecuum, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 7, 3, 37: pecubus, Lucr. 6, 1132), n. v. [[pecus]], [[cattle]], esp. the larger kinds ([[mostly]] ante-class.): [[pastor]] harum dormit, [[quom]] eunt sic a [[pecu]] palitantes, the [[flock]], Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 5: ne balant [[quidem]], [[quom]] a [[pecu]] cetero apsunt, id. ib. 5, 2, 20: [[luna]] muribus fibras Et pecui addit, Lucil. ap. Gell. 20, 8, 4.—In plur.: pastores pecuaque salva servassis, an old [[formula]] of [[prayer]] in [[Cato]], R. R. 141, 3: homines, pecua beluasque, Naev. ap. Non. 159, 6; so Att. ib. 9; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; Liv. 35, 21, 6: ([[asinus]]) non generatur in Ponto, nec aequinoctio [[verno]], ut [[cetera]] pecua admittitur, Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167: pecua ruri pascere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 11.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Plur.: pecua, the places [[where]] [[cattle]] are kept, pastures, etc.: cum hostium copiae non [[longe]] absunt, pecua relinquuntur, agri [[cultura]] deseritur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15 Halm ad loc.: [[Italia]] contremuit, [[statim]] pecua agrique deserta, Claud. Mam. Or. 2, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Money (cf. [[pecunia]]): pecua in cruminā [[defero]], Plaut. Truc. 5, 64: pecuum, [[Cato]] ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.: greges pecuum, Host. ap. Prisc. p. 719 P.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Pecu squamosum, i. e. [[fish]], Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 5 ([[but]] in Lucr. 6, 1132, the [[correct]] [[read]]. is pigris balantibus; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pĕcu</b>,¹³ n., indécl., bétail, troupeau : Pl. Bacch. 1123 ; 1139 ; Rud. 942 &#124;&#124; [employé surtout au pl.] <b>pecŭa</b>, ŭum, ŭbus : [[Cato]] Agr. 141, 3 ; Fest. 246 ; Lucr. 6, 1131 ; Cic. *Pomp. 15. ancien dat. pecui Lucil. d. Gell. 20, 8, 4.||[employé surtout au pl.] <b>pecŭa</b>, ŭum, ŭbus : [[Cato]] Agr. 141, 3 ; Fest. 246 ; Lucr. 6, 1131 ; Cic. *Pomp. 15. ancien dat. pecui Lucil. d. Gell. 20, 8, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=pecu, Dat. ū, Abl. ū, Plur. Nom. u. Akk. pecua, Genet. pecuum, Dat. pecubus (altind. pá u, gotisch faíhu, ahd. fihu), n. ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] [[pecus]]), das [[Vieh]], [[als]] [[Gattung]], [[luna]] muribus fibras et [[pecu]] (Marx [[iecur]]) addit, Lucil. 1201: cum eunt [[sic]] a [[pecu]] palitantes, Plaut. Bacch. 1123: cum a [[pecu]] [[cetero]] absunt, ibid. 1139<sup>a</sup> G.: [[non]] vides referre me uvidum [[rete]], [[sine]] squamoso [[pecu]]? Plaut. rud. 942. – Plur., [[Varro]], Cic. u.a. (s. [[Halm]] Cic. de imp. [[Pomp]]. 15. p. 113 sqq.).
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=pecu. n. ''indecl''. ''plur''. pecua, uum, ubus. :: [[牲口]]。[[畜牲]]
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