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1 vitulus
I.Lit.(α).Masc., a bullcalf, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 6; Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36; Quint. 1, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 624; 4, 755; 10, 227; Mart. 3, 58, 11; Verg. G. 4, 299 al.—(β).Fem., a cow-calf, Verg. E. 3, 29 and 77.—II.Transf.A.In gen., a calf, foal; of the horse, Verg. G. 3, 164;B.of the elephant,
Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2;of the whale,
id. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—In partic.:vitulus marinus,
a sea-calf, seal, Juv. 3, 238; Suet. Aug. 90.—Called also simply vitulus, Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146. -
2 phoca
phōcă, ae, and phōcē, ēs, f., = phôkê, a seal, sea-dog, sea-calf (pure Lat. vitula marina), Verg. G. 4, 432:deformes phocae,
Ov. M. 1, 300; so id. ib. 2, 267; Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 19. Proteus had a span of seadogs:Protea huc rexisse vias junctis super aequora phocis,
Val. Fl. 2, 319. A grandson of Cephisus is fabled to have been changed by Apollo into this animal, Ov. M. 7, 388. -
3 phoce
phōcă, ae, and phōcē, ēs, f., = phôkê, a seal, sea-dog, sea-calf (pure Lat. vitula marina), Verg. G. 4, 432:deformes phocae,
Ov. M. 1, 300; so id. ib. 2, 267; Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 19. Proteus had a span of seadogs:Protea huc rexisse vias junctis super aequora phocis,
Val. Fl. 2, 319. A grandson of Cephisus is fabled to have been changed by Apollo into this animal, Ov. M. 7, 388. -
4 phōca
phōca ae （acc. ēn, O.), f, φώκη, a seal, seadog, sea-calf: Sternunt se somno phocae, V.* * *seal; (marine mammal) -
5 vitulus
vitulus ī, m [VET-], a male-calf, bull-calf, O.: bimā curvans cornua fronte, V., C., O.—Of other animals, a young male, calf, foal: vitulos hortare, the colts, V.: vituli marini, sea-calves, Iu.* * *
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