hircinus

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

hircīnus (hirquīnus), a, um, adj. [hircus],

of a goat , goat's : barba, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 12: sanguis, Plin. 20 prooem. § 2; 37, 4, 15, § 59: pelles, id. 12, 17, 40, § 81: folles, Hor. S. 1, 4, 19: sidus, i. e. the constellation Capricorn , Prud. Apoth. 621.—Comically: alae, that have a goatish smell , Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51.

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