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† būbălus, i, m., = βούβαλος,
- 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.
- 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.