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beccus, i, m. [Gallic; cf. Fr. bec; Engl. beak], a beak, bill, esp. of a cock; as a cognomen of Antonius Primus, Suet. Vit. 18.

bēchĭcus, a, um, adj., = βηχικός, of or for a cough (pure Lat. tussicularis): medicamen, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 17, 172.

bēchĭon, ii, n., = βήχιον, a plant good for a cough, colt’sfoot: Tussilago farfara, Linn.; Plin. 26, 6, 16, § 30.

Bĕchīres, um (Bĕchīri, ōrum, Avien. Descr. Orb. 945; Bĕchēri, Mel. 1, 19, 11), m., = Βέχειρες, a Scythian people on the Pontus Euxinus; perh. kindr. with the modern Bashkirs, Plin. 6, 4, 3, § 11.