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|lshtext=<b>bŏa</b>: (also bŏva in the MSS. of Pliny and [[Festus]]), ae, f. bos; cf. [[βουβών]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[large]] Italian [[serpent]]: in Italiă appellatae bovae in tantam amplitudinem exeuntes ut divo Claudio principe occisae in Vaticano [[solidus]] in alvo [[spectatus]] [[infans]], Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 37; 30, 14, 47, § 138 sq.; Sol. 2; acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 30 Müll., a [[water]]-[[serpent]], so called [[because]] it milked cows, Sol. 2, 33; or [[because]] it could [[swallow]] an ox, quas boas vocant, ab eo [[quod]] tam grandes sint ut boves gluttire soleant, Hier. Vit. Hil. Erem. 39.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[disease]] producing [[red]] pustules, the measles or [[small]]-pox, Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 53: boam id est rubentes papulas. id. 26, 11, 73, § 120: boas fimum bubulum abolet: [[unde]] et [[nomen]] traxere, id. 28, 18, 75, § 244; Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. [[tama]], p. 360 Müll.—<br /><b>III</b> Crurum [[quoque]] [[tumor]] viae labore [[collectus]] [[bova]] appellatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 30 Müll. (the [[same]] [[author]] explains [[with]] these words the [[disease]] [[tama]]). | |||
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