porca

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

porca, ae, f. [porcus],

a female swine , a sow , Cato R. R. 134; Pall. 3, 26.— By poet. license for a male swine , a boar , Verg. A. 8, 641 Serv.; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 19: tenera, Juv. 2, 86.

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