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1 Taurus
1.taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —II.Transf.A.A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—B.The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—C.A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—D.A kind of beetle:E.tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,
Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —F.The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.2.Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:3.Tauri Pylae,
a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2. -
2 taurus
1.taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —II.Transf.A.A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—B.The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—C.A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—D.A kind of beetle:E.tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,
Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —F.The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.2.Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:3.Tauri Pylae,
a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2. -
3 Pylae
Pylae, ārum, f., = Pulai (gates, gateways).I.In gen., a narrow pass, defile:II.Tauri,
between Cappadocia and Cilicia, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2;called also Amanicae,
Curt. 3, 8, 13; 3, 4, 2:Susides,
in Persia, id. 5, 3, 17:Caspiae,
Mel. 1, 15.—In partic., the Pass of Thermopylœ, Liv. 32, 4; 36, 15. —Hence,B.Pylăĭcus, a, um, adj., Thermopylœan:concilium,
the congress of the Greeks at Thermopylœ, Liv. 31, 32;called also Pylaicus conventus,
id. 33, 35.
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