dorcas

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

dorcas, ădis (also dorx = δόρξ; acc. pl. dorcas, m., Grat. Cyn. 200, and dorcus, i, m., = δόρκος, Edict. Diocl. 4, no. 45), f.,

= δορκάς, a gazelle , antelope : Antilope dorcas, Linn.; Lucr. 4, 1161; Mart. 10, 65, 13; 13, 98, 1.