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Badĭa, ae, f., a town of Hispania Baetica, now Sa. Maria de Bedoza, Val. Max. 3, 7, 1; called also Budŭa, Itin. Anton. 419.

Bombŏmăchĭdes (or Bumb -, Ritschl), ae, m., a name formed in ridicule of a boasting soldier, from bombus = βόμβος and μάχομαι, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14.

borrio (bur-), īre, 4, v. n., to swarm: in stipite formicarum nidificia borriebant, App. M. 8, p. 211, 30.

† 1. bu = βου, a Greek prefix, which, in composition, expresses the idea of greatness: Graeci assueti magnis et amplis rebus praeponere βου, a magnitudine scilicet bovis. Hic est, quod grandes pueri βούπαιδας appellant et mariscam ficum βούσυκον, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 4 [cf. Engl. horse-cucumber, elephant folio, etc.].

‡ 2. bu, v. bua.

‡ bua, ae, f. [bu, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. im butum, p. 109 Müll.], the natural sound made by infants in asking for their drink, as pappa for their food, Varr. ap. Non. p. 81, 1 sq.; cf. vinibua.

būbălīnus, a, um, adj. [bubalus], pertaining to the African gazelle: laridum, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Prob. 4.

† būbălĭon, ii, n., = βουβάλιον, a wild cucumber, App. Herb. 113.

† būbălus, i, m., = βούβαλος,

  1. I. a kind of African stag or gazelle, Plin. 8, 15, 15, § 38; Sol. 20, 5; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5.
    Hence, bū-bălus, a, um, adj., of the gazelle: caro, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 19; id. 1 Par. 16, 3.
  2. II. The buffalo, wild-ox, = urus, Sol. 20, 5; Mart. Spect. 23, 4; this use of the word is censured by Pliny, 8, 15, 15, § 38.
    Collat. form būfălus, i, m., Ven. Fort. Carm. 7, 4, 21.

Būbassus (-ăsus), i, f., = Βύβασσος, Steph.,

  1. I. a town in Caria, Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Būbassĭus, a, um, adj., of Bubassus: sinus, Mel. 1, 16, 2.
    2. B. Būbăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., of Bubassus, Ov. M. 9, 644.

Būbastis, is, f., = Βούβαστις.

  1. I. A town in Egypt, on the Pelusian arm of the Nile, now Tel-Basta (i.e. Hill of Bubastis), in the vicinity of the village Benalhassar, Mel. 1, 9, 9.
    Hence, Būbastītes nŏ-mŏs, Βουβαστίτης νομός, Strab., Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49; Mel. 1, 9, 9.
  2. II. The goddess Bubastis, who was worshipped there; corresponding to Diana, Ov. M. 9, 691; cf. Hdt. 2, 137; 2, 156.
    Hence, Būbastius, a, um, adj., of Bubastis: sacra, Grat. Cyn. 42; gen. plur. BVBASTIVM, Inscr. Orell. 5974.

Bubeium, i, n., a town in Africa, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 37.

Bubetāni, ōrum, m., a people of Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69.

būbīle (access. form bŏvīle, unus. acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 54 Müll.; although used by Cato, acc. to Charis. p. 81; and by Veg. 4, 1, 3), is, n. [bos], a stall for oxen: (boves) reicere in bubile, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 18 Ritschl; Cato, R. R. 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 1; Col. 1, 6, 4; Phaedr. 2, 8, 4.

‡ bubinare (buv-) est menstruo mulierum sanguine inquinare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.; cf. Gloss. Isid.

‡ bubleum, i, n., a kind of wine, Paul. ex Fest. 32 Müll. [Βύβλινος οῖνος, Hesiod. Op. 587 Göttl.]

1. būbo, ōnis, m. (f. only once Verg. A. 4, 462; cf. Serv. ad loc.; Non. p. 194, 1.
Hence given erroneously by Prisc. p. 683 P. and Rhemn. Palaem. p. 1370 fin. ib. as comm.) [βύας, βῦζα], an owl, the horned owl: Strix bubo, Linn., whose cry was considered as ill-boding, Plin. 10, 12, 16, § 34; Verg. A. 4, 462: ignavus bubo, Ov. M. 5, 550: profanus, id. ib. 6, 432 (cf. id. ib. 5, 543: profana avis): funereus, id. ib. 10, 453: Stygius (since Ascalaphus, son of Acheron or Styx, was changed to an owl; v. Ascalaphus), id. ib. 15, 791: rauci, id. Am. 1, 12, 19: bubone sinistro, Luc. 5, 396: trepidus, id. 6, 689: moestus, Sen. Med. 734: luctifer, id. Herc. Fur. 687: infaustus, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 407.

* 2. bŭbo, ĕre, v. n., to cry like a bittern, Auct. Carm. Philom. 42 (al. butio).

Būbon, ōnis, f., = Βουβών, a town of Lycia, Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 101.

Būbōna, ae, f. [bos], the protecting goddess of cattle among the Romans, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 34.
Hence, Būbetĭus, a, um, adj., of or for Bubona: ludi, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 12.

† būbōnĭum (-on), ii, n., = βουβώνιον, a plant useful against swellings in the groin, also called aster Atticus, Plin. 27, 5, 19, § 36.

bubsĕqua (also bobsĕqua and bū-sĕqua), ae, m. [bos-sequor], a neatherd, herdsman (post-class.), App. M. 8, p. 201, 13; id. Flor. 1, n. 3; Sid. Ep. 1, 6.

‡ bŭbulcārĭus, = βοώτης, a ploughman, Gloss. Gr. Lat. ( = bubulcus).

bŭbulcĭto, āre, v. n. (bŭbulcĭtor, āri, v. dep., Plaut.) [bubulcus], to be a herdsman, to keep, feed, or drive oxen (ante- and post-class., and very rare).

  1. I. Lit.: bubulcitarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 50; App. Flor. n. 6, p. 343, 14.
  2. II. Trop., to cry or bawl like an ox-driver, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 29 (Sat. Men. 52, 1).

1. bŭbulcus, i, m. [bos, bubulus, βοῦκος].

  1. I. In a restricted sense, one who ploughs with oxen, a ploughman, = arator (diff. from pastor and armentarius, a herdsman; so most freq. in the Script. rerr. rustt.), Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 4 sq.; Juv. 11, 151; cf. Col. 1, 6, 8; 1, 9, 2; 2, 2, 25; 2, 5, 2; 2, 12, 1 sq.; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57; Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 30; Juv. 7, 116; 11, 151 al.
  2. II. In a more general sense, a herdsman (rare, and not before the post-Aug. per.), Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 6.

2. Bŭbulcus, i, m., the cognomen of several persons in the gens Junia, Liv. 9, 20, 7; 27, 6, 8; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 10.

būbŭlīnus, a, um, adj. [bos], for bubulus, of cattle, ox- (post-Aug.; only in Veg.): stercus, Veg. 1, 13, 3: fimum, id. 3, 28, 3: sevum, id. 4, 8, 2: urina, id. 4, 17.

* būbŭlo, āre, v. n. [bubo], to cry, hoot, or screech like an owl, Auct. Carm. Phil. 37.

būbŭlus, a, um, adj. [bos], of or pertaining to cattle or oxen (class.): cori, thongs, straps of ox-hide, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11; and humorously, cottabi, the snapping of such ox-whips (cf. cottabus), id. Trin. 4, 4, 4 Lind.; so also monimenta, for lashes, id. Stich. 1, 2, 6; and, exuviae, id. Most. 4, 1, 26: pecus, neat cattle, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13: armentum, Col. 1, praef. § 26: fimum, Cato, R. R. 40, 2; Liv. 38, 18, 5: utres, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176: lac, cow’s milk, id. 11, 41, 96, § 238: caseus, Suet. Aug. 76: cornu, Plin. 13, 25, 51, § 140; used esp. freq. in medicine, Cels. 5, 22, 2; 5, 25, 4; Veg. 6, 27, 6 al.: caro, the flesh of neat cattle, beef, Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156; so absol.: būbŭla, ae, f. (sc. caro), Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 4; id. Curc. 2, 3, 88; Cels. 2, 24; Apic. 8, 5: jus bubulae, Scrib. Comp. 188 sq.: lingua, a plant, also called buglossa, ox-tongue, Cato, R. R. 40 fin.; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.
No comp. or sup.

Būca, ae, f., a town in Samnium, Mel. 2, 4, 6; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.
Hence, Bū-cāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Buca, Inscr. Murat. 1032, 4.

* būcaeda, ae, m. [bos-caedo], one who is whipped with thongs of ox-hide (cf. bos and bubulus), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 1.

† būcardĭa, ae, f., = βουκαπδία (oxheart), an unknown precious stone, perh. a kind of turquoise, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 150.

bucca (not buccha), ae, f. [kindred with βύζω, βυκάνη; Fr. bouche].

  1. I. The cheek (puffed or filled out in speaking, eating, etc.; diff. from genae, the side of the face, the cheeks, and from mala, the upper part of the cheek under the eyes; v. Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 156 sqq.; mostly in plur.; class.): buccam implere, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29: sufflare buccas, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 42: inflare, id. ib. 5, 6, 7: rumpere buccas, to write bombast, Pers. 5, 13: sufflare buccis, Mart. 3, 17, 4.
    In violent anger (cf. in Gr. φυσᾶν τὰς γνάθους, δεινὰ φυσᾶν, etc.): quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet, etc., * Hor. S. 1, 1, 21: pictus Gallus … distortus, ejectā linguā, buccis fluentibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fluentes pulsataeque buccae, id. Pis. 11, 25 B. and K.: purpurissatae (rouged), Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 35.
    In blowing the fire: buccā foculum excitat, Juv. 3, 262 al.
    Hence,
        1. b. Dicere (scribere) quod or quidquid in buccam venit, a colloq. phrase, to speak (write) whatever comes uppermost, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 4; 7, 10 fin.; 14, 7, 2; Mart. 12, 24, 5.
          Also ellipt.: garrimus quidquid in buccam, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 2.
    1. B. Meton.
      1. 1. One who fills his cheeks in speaking, a declaimer, bawler: Curtius et Matho buccae, Juv. 11, 34 (jactanticuli, qui tantum buccas inflant et nihil dicunt, Schol.); cf.: bucca loquax vetuli cinoedi, Mart. 1, 42, 13: homo durae buccae, Petr. 43, 3; so of a trumpeter: notaeque per oppida buccae, Juv. 3, 35.
      2. 2. One who stuffs out his cheeks in eating, a parasite, Petr. 64, 12.
      3. 3. A mouthful: bucca panis, Petr. 44, 2; Mart. 7, 20, 8; 10, 5, 5.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. From men to animals; of croaking frogs, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 173.
    2. B. In gen., a cavity; of the knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250.

* buccĕa, ae, f. [bucca], a morsel, mouthful, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 76 fin.

buccella, ae, f. dim. [bucca],

  1. I. a small mouthful, morsel, Mart. 6, 75, 3; Apic. 7, 6; Vulg. Ruth, 2, 14: panis, Vulg. Gen. 18, 5.
  2. II. Small bread divided among the poor, Cod. Th. 14, 17, 5; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 35.

buccellāris, e, adj. [buccellatum], farina,

  1. I. meal ground from biscuit, Plin. Val. 1, 6.
  2. II. Subst.: buccellāre, is, n., a cooking utensil, Marc. Emp. 23 (others, bucculari, from buccula, in the same signif.).

buccellātum, i, n. [buccella], soldiers’ biscuit, Amm. 17, 8, 2; Vulcat. Gall. Avid. Cass. 5, 4; Spart. Pesc. Nig. 10, 4; Cod. Th. 7, 4, 6; 7, 5, 2.

buccĭna, buccĭnātor, buccĭno, buccĭnum, and buccĭnus, v. bucina, etc.

bucco, ōnis, m. amplif. [bucca, one who has distended cheeks], a babbler, blockhead, fool (very rare): bucco = garrulus, quod ceteros oris loquacitate, non sensu exsuperat, Isid. Orig. 10, 30: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.

buccŏnĭātis vītis, a species of vine in Thurium, the fruit of which is not gathered until after the first frost, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39.

buccŭla (būcŭla), ae, f. dim. [bucca].

  1. I. A little cheek or mouth, * Suet. Galb. 4: pressa Cupidinis buccula, App. M. 6, p. 182, 17; 3, p. 137, 40; Arn. 2, p. 73.
  2. II. In milit. lang.
    1. A. The beaver, that part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks, παραγναθίς: bucculas tergere, Liv. 44, 34, 8; Juv. 10, 134; Capitol. Max. Jun. 3; Cod. Th. 10, 22, 1.
    2. B. Bucculae, two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed, Vitr. 10, 15, 3.

buccŭlārĭus, ii, m. [buccula, II.], the maker of beavers for helmets, Dig. 50, 6, 7 (6) dub. (Momms. bucularum structores).

* buccŭlentus, a, um, adj. [buccula, I.], having full cheeks or a large mouth, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54.

Būcĕphălas, ae (-lus, i, Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.; Būcĕphăla, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 11), m., = Βουκεφάλας (Macedon. = Βουκέφαλος, that which is arked with the figure of a bullock’s head—βοῦς, κεφαλή—or so called from the breadth of its forehead),

  1. I. the horse of Alexander the Great, Curt. 6, 5, 18; 9, 3, 23; Gell. 5, 2, 1; acc. Bucephalan, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154.
    Hence,
  2. II. Būcĕphăla, ōrum, n. (or -la, ae, f., Curt. 9, 3, 23; or -īa, ae, f.; or -ē, ēs, f., Just. 12, 8, 8; or -lŏs, i, f., Gell. 5, 2, 5), = Βουκέφαλα, a town in India, on the Hydaspes, built by Alexander, and named after his horse, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 77; Sol. 45.

Būcĕphălus, i, m., a promontory in the Peloponnesus, Mel. 2, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 18.

† būcĕras, ătis, n., = βούκερας, a plant, otherwise called faenum Graecum, fenugreek, Plin. 24, 19, 120, § 184.

būcĕrĭus, a, um, v. bucerus.

† būcĕrus (būcĕrĭus, Lucr. 2, 663), a, um, adj., = βούκερως, having the horns of a bullock, ox-horned (perh. only in the foll. exs.): bucerum pecus de bubus dicimus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.: bucera saecla, the race of horned caltle, Lucr. 5, 864; so id. 6, 1236; imitated by Ovid: armenta, * Ov. M. 6, 395: buceriae greges, Lucr. 2, 663 (quoted by Non. p. 80, 27, and p. 208, 21).

būcētum (būcīta, ōrum, n., Varr. L. L. 5, § 164 Müll.), i, n. [bos], a pasture for cattle, cow-pasture (very rare), Luc. 9, 185; Gell. 11, 1, 1; Sid. Ep. 2, 2.

† būcĭna (not buccĭna), ae, f., = βυκάνη, a crooked horn or trumpet (while tuba is usually the straight trumpet; cf. Veg. Mil. 3, 3, 5 Stewech.).

  1. I. Lit., a shepherd’s horn, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 20: bucina inflata, id. ib. 3, 13, 1; Col. 6, 23, 3; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 29.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A war-trumpet: bello dat signum rauca cruentum Bucina, Verg. A. 11, 475: quā bucina signum Dira dedit, id. ib. 7, 519.
      In gen., as a signal employed in changing the four night-watches, and for waking the soldiers (cf. Dict. of Antiq.): te gallorum, illum bucinarum cantus exsuscitat, Cic. Mur. 9, 22: ubi secundae vigiliae bucinā datum signum esset, Liv. 7, 35, 1; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 63; Sil. 7, 154.
      1. 2. Hence, meton.: ad primam, secundam, etc., bucinam (for vigiliam), at the first, second, etc., watch: ut ad tertiam bucinam praesto essent, Liv. 26, 15, 6.
        It was also blown at the end of the evening meal, Tac. A. 15, 30 Nipp. ad loc.
    2. B. In other spheres of life; so for calling assemblies of the people: bucina datur: homines ex agris concurrunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96: bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13; Curt. 3, 3, 8.
      For designating the hours of the day (which were divided into four parts), Sen. Thyest. 799; cf. bucino.
    3. C. Poet., a kind of circular, winding shell on which Triton blew, Triton’s shell, Ov. M. 1, 335 and 337; cf. bucinator.
    4. D. Trop.: foedae bucina famae, the trump of ill fame, Juv. 14, 152; cf. bucinator, II.

būcĭnātor (bucc-), ōris, m. [bucino],

  1. I. one who blew the bucina, a trumpeter, Caes. B.C. 2, 35; Petr. 26, 9; Varr. L. L. 6, § 75; Dig. 50, 6, 6; Inscr. Orell. 3522.
  2. II. Trop. (cf. bucina, II. D.), one who trumpets forth, blazes abroad: bucinator existimationis meae, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3232.

Bucinna, ae, f., a small island near Sicily, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92.

būcĭno (bucc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [bucina], to blow the bucina, to sound or give a signal with the trumpet (mostly impers.; cf. Gr. σαλπίζειν): cum bucinatum est, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 20: saepe declamante illo ter bucinavit, Sen. Contr. 3 praef.: bucinate in neomeniā tubā, Vulg. Psa. 81 (80), 4: Triton conchā sonaci leniter bucinat, App. M. 4, p. 157, 3; cf. bucina, II. C.

būcĭnum (bucc-), i, n. [bucina].

  1. I. The sound or blast of a trumpet, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 11, 10, 10, § 20.
    Hence, ad Bucinum, a quarter in Rome, Dig. 14, 4, 5, § 16.
  2. II. A shell-fish used in dyeing purple, Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 129 sq.

* būcĭnus (bucc-), i, m. [bucina], = bucinator, a trumpeter; of the cock, Petr. 74, 2.

† būcŏlĭcus, a, um, adj., = βουκολικός, pertaining to shepherds, pastoral, bucolic.

  1. I. In gen.: Bucolicōn poëma, Virgil’s pastoral poetry, the Bucolics, Col. 7, 10, 8; and absol.: Būcŏlĭca, ōrum, n., = τὰ Βουκολικά, Bucolics, Ov. Tr. 2, 538: Bucolica Theocriti et Vergilii, Gell. 9, 9, 4; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E.1.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. Bucolice tome = βουκολικὴ τομή; in metre, the bucolic cœsura; that of an hexameter whose fourth foot is a dactyl, and ends a word (e. g. Verg. E. 3, 1: Dic mihi, Damoeta, cujum pecus? an Meliboei?), Aus. Ep. 4, 88.
    2. B. A species of panaces, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 31.
    3. C. Būcŏlĭci, ōrum, m., a class of Egyptian soldiers, so called from their place of abode, Bucolica, Capitol. Ant. Phil. 21; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 6, 7.

Būcŏlĭum, ii, n., = Βουκόλιον, a town in Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 16, § 20.

† būcrānĭum, ĭi, n., = βουκράνιον, oxhead.

  1. I. A place of sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2322.
  2. II. A plant like a bullock’s head in shape, App. Herb. 86.

būcŭlus (also bōcŭlus), i, m. dim. [bos],

  1. I. a young bullock, a steer, Col. 6, 2, 4; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 26.
    More freq. and class.,
  2. II. Subst.: būcŭla, ae, f., a young cow, a heifer, Verg. G. 1, 375; 4, 11; id. E. 8, 86.
    1. B. As a work of art, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48. The statue of a brazen cow at Athens, the work of Myron, was especially distinguished, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57.

buda, ae, f., colloq., = ulva, Anthol. Lat. 5, 189, 2; Aug. Ep. 88, 6; Don. ad Verg. A. 2, 135.

Budalia, ae, f., a town of Lower Pannonia, Eutr. 9, 4.

Būdīni, ōrum, m., a people of Sarmatia, Mel. 1, 9, 19; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.

būfălus, i, m., = bubalus, q. v.

būfo, ōnis, m. [root bu-; cf. 2. bubo, bos], a toad, Verg. G. 1, 184.

būgillo, ōnis, m., a plant, also called ajuga reptans, Marc. Emp. 8.

† būglossa (bŭglossa, Aem. Mac. de Buglossa, 1 and 10), ae (būglossŏs, i, Plin. 25, 8, 40, § 81), f., = βούγλωσσος, oxtongue, bugloss, an herb, App. Herb. 11; Ser. Samm. 424.

† būgŏnĭa, ae, f., = βουγονία, the generating of bees from the putrid carcasses of cattle, the title of a work of Archelaus, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5.

† būlăpăthum, i, n., = βουλάπαθον, the herb patience, Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 235.

Būlarchus, i, m., = Βούλαρχος, an ancient Grecian painter, Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126; 35, 8, 34, § 55.

* bulbācĕus, a, um, adj. [1. bulbus], that has bulbs, bulbous: hyacinthi radix, Plin. 21, 26, 97, § 170.

bulbātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. bulbus], a forming of bulbs, v. l. for bullatio, q. v.

† bulbīnē, ēs, f., = βολβίνη, a kind of bulbous plant, Plin. 20, 9, 41, § 107; 19, 5, 30, § 95.

bulbōsus, a, um, adj. [1. bulbus], bulbous: radix, Plin. 21, 21, 90, § 158; 21, 17, 62, § 102.

bulbŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. bulbus], a small bulb, Pall. 3, 21, 3.

1. bulbus (bulbŏs), i, m. [βολβός].

  1. I. A bulb, bulbous root (tulips, hyacinths, lilies, etc.), Plin. 19, 4, 21, § 61; cf. Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 21, 5, 11, § 24; 22, 22, 32, § 67 sq.
  2. II. An onion; a garden vegetable of several kinds, among which the Megarean was the best known, Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Ov. R. Am. 797; Col. 10, 106; 4, 32, 2; Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93; in Apic. 8, 7, and in Edict. Diocl. p. 16, called bulbus fabrilis.

2. Bulbus, i, m., a Roman name, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79.
With a play on 1. bulbus, Cic. Clu. 26, 72.

† būlē, ēs, f., = βουλή, the (Greek) council, the senate, Plin. Ep. 10, 116 (117), 1; 10, 81 (85), 1; 10, 110 (111), 1; 10, 112 (113), 1.

† būleuta, ae. m., = βουλευτής, a councillor, a senātor, Plin. Ep. 10, 39 (48), 5; 10, 112 (113), 3; 10, 114 (115), 3; Spart. Sever. 17.

† būleutērĭum (-on), ii, n., = βουλευτήριον, the place where the Greek senate assembled, the senate-house: in curiā Syracusis, quem locum illi buleuterium nomine appellant, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50: Cyzici et buleuterion vocant aedificium amplum sine ferreo clavo, etc., Plin. 36, 15, 23, § 100.

†† bulga, ae, f. [Gallic; now bougette],

  1. I. a leathern knapsack, bag: bulgas Galli sacculos scorteos appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.: bulga est folliculus omnis, quam et crumenam veteres appellarunt: et est sacculus ad bracchium pendens, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78 (Sat. 2, 16, and 6, 1); Varr. ap. Non. 78, 2 (Sat. Men. 61, 3).
  2. II. Humorously, the womb, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78, 14 (Sat. 26, 36).

Būlīmĭo, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Inscr. Fabr. 125, 35.

būlīmo, āre, āvi, ātum (βουλιμιῶ), 1, v. n., to have bulimy or insatiable hunger, Pelag. Vet. 10; Theod. Prisc. 2, 29.

būlīmōsus, a, um, adj. [bulimus], afflicted with insatiable hunger, Pelag. Vet. 10.

† būlīmus, i, m., = βούλιμος, great hunger, bulimy; hence also, weakness of the stomach, fainting, Gell. 16, 3, 9; cf. bu; Veg. 5, 34 (3, 35); 5, 37 (3, 38) (in Varr. 2, 5, 4, written as Greek).
Also written būlī-ma, ae, f., Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.

bulla, ae, f. [root vhal-; Gr. φαλ-; cf. φαλλός, φύλλον], any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence,

  1. I. A waterbubble, bubble: ut pluvio perlucida caelo Surgere bulla solet, Ov. M. 10, 734: crassior, Mart. 8, 33, 18; Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12; App. M. 4, p. 145, 7.
    Hence,
    1. B. Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity: si est homo bulla, eo magis senex, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.
  2. II. Any thing rounded by art.
    1. A. A boss, knob (upon a door, etc.): jussine in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris? Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20: bullas aureas ex valvis, auferre, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (by such door-studs fortunate or unfortunate days were designated, Petr. 30, 4).
    2. B. A stud in a girdle: notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri, Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.
    3. C. The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq.
  3. III. Esp., the bulla, a kind of amulet worn upon the neck (mostly of gold), orig. an ornament of the Roman triumphers, in imitation of the Tuscan kings and Lucumones (Plut. Romul. 25; Fest. s. v. sardi, p. 252), but in the more brilliant era of the Romans worn by noble youths, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152 (cf. Ascon. in h. l., acc. to whom bullae of leather were hung upon the necks of the children of freedmen); it was laid aside when they arrived at maturity, and consecrated to the Lares, Pers. 5, 30; cf.: Lares bullati, Petr. 60, 8; acc. to Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10, first hung by Tarquinius Priscus upon the neck of his son; cf. also Macr. S. 1, 6, 9 sqq.; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 127; Liv. 26, 36, 5; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 131; Suet. Caes. 84; Flor. 2, 6, 24.
    From the Etruscan custom, called Etruscum aurum, Juv. 5, 163.
    Hence the phrase bullā dignus for childish: senior bullā dignissime, Juv. 13, 33.
    It was also hung upon the forehead of favorite animals, Ov. M. 10, 114.

bullātĭo, ōnis, f. [bullo], a bubbling, forming of pebbles, of a stone found in small detached fragments: sparsa bullatio magnetis (opp. cautes continua), Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148 Sill. and Jan. (al. bulbatio).

bullātus, a, um, adj. [bulla].

  1. I. (Acc. to bulla, I. B.) Quickly passing; acc. to others, inflated, bombastic: nugae, Pers. 5, 19.
  2. II. (Acc. to bulla, II.) Furnished with a boss or stud: cingulum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.
    Of the heavens, studded with stars: aether, Fulg. Myth. 1, p. 24 Munck.
  3. III. (Acc. to bulla, III.) Wearing a bulla about the neck: puer, Scip. Afr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10, 7: statua, of a child, Val. Max. 3, 1, 1: heres, yet a child, Juv. 14, 5; cf. Petr. 60, 8.

bullesco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [bullo], to bubble, form bubbles, Ampel. 8.

Bullĭdenses, -ienses, -īni, and -iōnes, v. Bylli-.

bullĭo, īre, v. bullo.

* bullītus, ūs, m. [bullio], the bubbling, gushing up of water: aquae, Vitr. 8, 3.

bullo, āre, and bullĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. n. [bulla],

  1. I. to be in bubbling motion, to be in a state of ebullition, to bubble.
          1. (α) Form bullo, āre: ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito, Cato, R. R. 105; Cels. 2, 7; 7, 4, 2; Calp. Ecl. 1, 11; Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18; 18, 31, 74, § 317.
          2. (β) Form bullio, īre: bullientes fontes, Vitr. 8, 3; Cels. 5, 19, 28; Pers. 3, 34; Apic. 4, 119; 6, 212.
            As v. a. in part. pass.: ammoniacum cum vino et melle mittis in ollam et bullita (sodden, i. e. half-cooked) atteres, dabisque ad bibendum, Veg. 2, 17, 5 (1, 45, 5).
  2. II. Trop.: indignatione, to boil with rage, fty in a passion, App. M. 10, p. 250, 34: libidinum incendio bulliebant, Hier. ad Eustach. p. 236, 1, 1.

bullŭla, ae, f. dim. [bulla].

  1. I. A watery vesicle, Cels. 2, 5 fin.; 5, 28, n. 17.
  2. II. A small neck-ornament (bulla), Hier. in Isa. 2, 3, 18.

būmammus, a, um, adj. [bu-mamma, having large breasts], of the vine, with large clusters: uva, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 4; Macr. S. 2, 16, 7; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 102.

† būmastus, i (būmasta, ae, Edict. Diocl. p. 18), f., = βούμαστος, sc. ἄμπελος (having large breasts; cf. bumammus), a species of grape with large clusters, Verg. G. 2, 102 and Serv. ad loc.; id. Cul. 405; Col. 3, 2, 1; cf.: tument mammarum modo bumasti (acini), Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 15; 14, 3, 4, § 42.

† būmĕlĭa, ae, f., = βουμελία, a kind of ash-tree, Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63.

† būnĭăs, ădis, f., = βουνιάς, a kind of Swedish turnip, Col. 10, 422; acc. buniada, Plin. 20, 4, 11, § 21.
Another kind is called būnĭon, ii, n., = βούνιον, Plin. l. l.
Hence, būnītus, a, um, adj., made from bunion: vinum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 52.

būpaeda, ae, m. [βούπαις], a huge youth, Mart. Cap. 1, § 31; 9, § 908 Kopp. (al. pubeda).

Būpălus, i, m., = Βούπαλος, a statuary of Chios, who represented and exposed the deformed poet Hipponax, but in turn was severely satirized by him in his poems, Hor. Epod. 6, 14; cf. Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 11.

† būphthalmos, i, m., = βούφθαλμος.

  1. I. Oxeye, a plant, Plin. 25, 8, 42, § 82; Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 93.
  2. II. A species of aizoon majus, houseleek, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160.

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