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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Bocchus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[king]] of Mauritania, [[father]]-in-[[law]] of [[Jugurtha]], whom he gave up [[bound]] to [[Sulla]], Sall. J. 19, 7; 80; 81; 83; 97; 101 sqq.; Vell. 2, 12, 1; Val. Max. 8, 14, 4; Flor. 3, 1, 15; Mel. 1, 5, 5; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 19; 8, 5, 5, § 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[plant]], so called in [[honor]] of him: Βώχ, βοτάνης [[εἶδος]], Hesych.; Verg. Cul. 404.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[king]] of Mauritania, [[son]] of the [[former]], Auct. B. Afr 25.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) [[Bocchus]],¹¹ ī, m., roi de Mauritanie, beau-père de [[Jugurtha]] : Sall. J. 19, 7.
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{{Georges
|georg=Bocchus, ī, m., I) [[ein]] [[König]] [[von]] Mauretanien, abwechselnd der [[Freund]] der [[Römer]] u. [[des]] [[Jugurtha]], den er [[schließlich]] an Rom verriet, Sall. Iug. 19 extr. Vell. 2, 12, 1. – II) eine [[nach]] ihm benannte [[Pflanze]], Ps. Verg. cul. 406.
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