Bucephalas
ἐν ἐμοὶ αὐτῇ στήθεσι πάλλεται ἦτορ ἀνὰ στόμα → my heart beats up to my throat
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Būcĕphălas: ae (-lus, i, Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.; Būcĕphăla, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 11), m., = Βουκεφάλας (Macedon. = Βουκέφαλος, that which is arked with the figure of a bullock's head—βοῦς, κεφαλή—or so called from the breadth of its forehead),
I the horse of Alexander the Great, Curt. 6, 5, 18; 9, 3, 23; Gell. 5, 2, 1; acc. Bucephalan, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154.—Hence,
II Būcĕphăla, ōrum, n. (or -la, ae, f., Curt. 9, 3, 23; or -īa, ae, f.; or -ē, ēs, f., Just. 12, 8, 8; or -lŏs, i, f., Gell. 5, 2, 5), = Βουκέφαλα, a town in India, on the Hydaspes, built by Alexander, and named after his horse, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 77; Sol. 45.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Būcĕphălās,¹⁶ æ, et -us, ī, m., Bucéphale [nom du cheval d’Alexandre le Grand] : Plin. 8, 154 ; P. Fest. 32.
Latin > German (Georges)
Būcephalās, ae, Akk. am, m. u. -us, ī, m. (mazedon. βουκεφάλας, griech. βουκέφαλος), das (mit der Figur eines Ochsenkopfes gezeichnete od. nach der Breite seiner Stirn so genannte, vgl. Plin. 8, 154) Leibpferd Alexanders des Gr., Curt. 6, 5 (17), 18. Gell. 5, 2, 1 sqq.: dem zu Ehren eine neu erbaute Stadt am Hydaspes gen. wurde Būcephala, ae, f. od. Būcephalē, ēs, f. (Βουκεφάλη) od. Būcephalos, ī, f. (Βουκέφαλος), j. Dsjilum od. Djelim, Form -a, Plin. 6, 77. Curt. 9, 3 (13), 23: Form -e, Iustin. 12, 8, 8: Form -os, Gell. 5, 2. § 5.
