Bucephalas: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Būcĕphălas</b>: 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]]),<br /><b>I</b> 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,<br /><b>II</b> 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.