vitulus
αἰτῶ δ' ὑγίειαν πρῶτον, εἶτ' εὐπραξίαν, τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀφείλειν μηδενί → first health, good fortune next, and third rejoicing; last, to owe nought to any man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĭtŭlus: i, m., and vitŭla, ae, f. Gr. ἰταλός>, bull; whence Italia; Sanscr. vatsas, calf,
I a calf.
I Lit.
(a) Masc., a bullcalf, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 6; Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36; Quint. 1, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 624; 4, 755; 10, 227; Mart. 3, 58, 11; Verg. G. 4, 299 al.—
(b) Fem., a cow-calf, Verg. E. 3, 29 and 77.—
II Transf.
A In gen., a calf, foal; of the horse, Verg. G. 3, 164; of the elephant, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2; of the whale, id. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
B In partic.: vitulus marinus, a sea-calf, seal, Juv. 3, 238; Suet. Aug. 90.—Called also simply vitulus, Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146.
