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Luca bos
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Latin
Etymology
la Lūca Lucanian + la bōs cow, to mean elephant because the Romans first saw elephants in Heraclea, a city in Lucania, as part of Pyrrhus_of_Epirus Pyrrhus of Epirus's army.
Pronunciation
Lūca bōs
Noun
Lūca<1.both> bōs<irreg.F>
Lucanian cow (an epithet for elephant)
la Lucretius De rerum natura 5 1302
la Lucretius De rerum natura 5 1339
la Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia 8 16
Declension
Lūca<1.both> bōs<irreg.F>
Synonyms
la elephāns
la barrus
Derived terms
la prius pariet locusta Lūcam bovem
References
Lūca bōs Lucani
la irregular nouns