pecus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pecus (1) pecoris, n

PAC-, cattle (all domestic animals kept for food or service): pabulum pecoris, S.: equinum, a stud , V.: setigerum, the bristly herd (i. e. of swine), O.: deus pecoris, i. e. Pan , O.: Ignavom fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent, i. e. the drones , V.—Of sheep, a flock : Balatu pecorum sonant ripae, V.— An animal, head of cattle (poet.): pecus magnae parentis (of a young lion), O.—Of persons, cattle : metum et turpe, H.: dominae pecora, Ct.: venale, Iu.