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Bucephalas
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English
Proper noun
en Bucephalus.
Latin
Etymology
la Būcephalās :bor grc:Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς + 1
Pronunciation
Būcephalās
Proper noun
Būcephalās<1>
en Bucephalus the name of a horse belonging to Alexander the Great
la Pliny the Elder Natural History 8 154 Eidem Alexandro et equi magna raritas contigit. Bucephalan eum vocarunt sive ab aspectu torvo sive ab insigni taurini capitis armo inpressi. Alexander also happened to have a great rarity of a horse. They called him Bucephalas, either from his savage appearance or from the sign of a bull's head stamped on his forequarter.
Declension
Būcephalās<1>
Descendants
en Bucephalas 1
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