vitulus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>vĭtŭlus</b>: i, m., and vitŭla, ae, f. Gr. [[ἰταλός]]>, [[bull]]; [[whence]] [[Italia]]; Sanscr. vatsas, [[calf]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[calf]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fem., a [[cow]]-[[calf]], Verg. E. 3, 29 and 77.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.: [[vitulus]] [[marinus]], a [[sea]]-[[calf]], [[seal]], Juv. 3, 238; Suet. Aug. 90.—Called also [[simply]] [[vitulus]], Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146.