bulga

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bulga, ae, f. [Gallic; now bougette],

I a leathern knapsack , bag : bulgas Galli sacculos scorteos appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.: bulga est folliculus omnis, quam et crumenam veteres appellarunt: et est sacculus ad bracchium pendens, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78 (Sat. 2, 16, and 6, 1); Varr. ap. Non. 78, 2 (Sat. Men. 61, 3).—

II Humorously, the womb , Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78, 14 (Sat. 26, 36).