taurinus

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

taurīnus, a, um, adj. [taurus],

of or belonging to bulls or oxen , bull’s- , taurine (mostly poet.): vultus (Eridani), Verg. G. 4, 371: frons, Ov. F. 6, 197: gluten, Lucr. 6, 1069: sanguis, Plin. 28, 9, 41, § 147: fel, id. 28, 9, 40, § 146: fimum, id. 28, 17, 68, § 232: tergum, a bull’s hide , Verg. A. 1, 368; hence, also, tympana (cf. taureus), Claud. Cons. Stil. 2, 365; and pulsus, on a drum , Stat. Th. 2, 78.

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