bu 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.].
bu bu, v. bua.
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.
bubalinus būbălīnus, a, um, adj.bubalus, pertaining to the African gazelle: laridum, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Prob. 4.
bubalion būbălĭon, ii, n., = βουβάλιον, a wild cucumber, App. Herb. 113.
bubalus būbălus, i, m., = βούβαλος, 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.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.
Bubassus Būbassus (-ăsus), i, f., = Βύβασσος, Steph., a town in Caria, Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104. Derivv. Būbassĭus, a, um, adj., of Bubassus: sinus,Mel. 1, 16, 2.Būbăsis, ĭdis, f.adj., of Bubassus, Ov. M. 9, 644.
Bubastis Būbastis, is, f., = Βούβαστις. 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.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.
Bubona 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.
bubonium būbōnĭum (-on), ii, n., = βουβώνιον, a plant useful against swellings in the groin, also called aster Atticus, Plin. 27, 5, 19, § 36.
bubsequa 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.
bubulcarius bŭbulcārĭus, = βοώτης, a ploughman, Gloss. Gr. Lat. ( = bubulcus).
bubulcito 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). Lit.: bubulcitarier,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 50; App. Flor. n. 6, p. 343, 14.Trop., to cry or bawl like an ox-driver, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 29 (Sat. Men. 52, 1).
Buca 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.
bucaeda būcaeda, ae, m.bos-caedo, one who is whipped with thongs of ox-hide (cf. bos and bubulus), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 1.
bucardia būcardĭa, ae, f., = βουκαπδία (oxheart), an unknown precious stone, perh. a kind of turquoise, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 150.
bucca bucca (not buccha), ae, f.kindred with βύζω, βυκάνη; Fr. bouche. 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, Dicere (scribere) quod or quidquid in buccam venit, a colloq. phrase, to speak (write) whatever comes uppermost, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 4; 7, 10fin.; 14, 7, 2; Mart. 12, 24, 5. Also ellipt.: garrimus quidquid in buccam,Cic. Att. 12, 1, 2.Meton.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.One who stuffs out his cheeks in eating, a parasite, Petr. 64, 12.A mouthful: bucca panis,Petr. 44, 2; Mart. 7, 20, 8; 10, 5, 5.Transf. From men to animals; of croaking frogs,Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 173. In gen., a cavity; of the knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250.
buccea buccĕa, ae, f.bucca, a morsel, mouthful, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 76 fin.
buccella buccella, ae, f.dim.id., a small mouthful, morsel, Mart. 6, 75, 3; Apic. 7, 6; Vulg. Ruth, 2, 14: panis,Vulg. Gen. 18, 5.Small bread divided among the poor, Cod. Th. 14, 17, 5; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 35.
buccellaris buccellāris, e, adj.buccellatum, farina, meal ground from biscuit, Plin. Val. 1, 6.Subst.: buccellāre, is, n., a cooking utensil, Marc. Emp. 23 (others, bucculari, from buccula, in the same signif.).
buccina buccĭna, buccĭnātor, buccĭno, buccĭnum, and buccĭnus, v. bucina, etc.
bucco 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.
bucconiatis 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.
buccula buccŭla (būcŭla), ae, f.dim.bucca. 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. In milit. lang. 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. Bucculae, two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed, Vitr. 10, 15, 3.
buccularius buccŭlārĭus, ii, m.buccula, II., the maker of beavers for helmets, Dig. 50, 6, 7 (6) dub. (Momms. bucularum structores).
bucculentus buccŭlentus, a, um, adj.buccula, I., having full cheeks or a large mouth, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54.
buceras būcĕras, ătis, n., = βούκερας, a plant, otherwise called faenum Graecum, fenugreek, Plin. 24, 19, 120, § 184.
bucerius būcĕrĭus, a, um, v. bucerus.
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,
bucina 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.). 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.Transf.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. 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. 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.Poet., a kind of circular, winding shell on which Triton blew, Triton's shell, Ov. M. 1, 335 and 337; cf. bucinator.Trop.: foedae bucina famae,
bucino 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.
bucinus būcĭnus (bucc-), i, m.id., = bucinator, a trumpeter; of the cock, Petr. 74, 2.
bucolicus būcŏlĭcus, a, um, adj., = βουκολικός, pertaining to shepherds, pastoral, bucolic. In gen.: Bucolicōn poëma, Virgil's pastoral poetry, the Bucolics, Col. 7, 10, 8; and absol.: Būcŏlĭca, ōrum, n., = τὰΒουκολικά, Bucolics, Ov. Tr. 2, 538: Bucolica Theocriti et Vergilii,Gell. 9, 9, 4; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E.1. Esp. 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. A species of panaces, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 31.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.
Bucolium Būcŏlĭum, ii, n., = Βουκόλιον, a town in Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 16, § 20.
bucranium būcrānĭum, ĭi, n., = βουκράνιον, oxhead.A place of sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2322.A plant like a bullock's head in shape, App. Herb. 86.
bufo būfo, ōnis, m.root bu-; cf. 2. bubo, bos, a toad, Verg. G. 1, 184.
bugillo būgillo, ōnis, m., a plant, also called ajuga reptans, Marc. Emp. 8.
buglossa 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.
bugonia 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.
buleuta 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.
buleuterium 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 bulga, ae, f.Gallic; now bougette, 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). Humorously, the womb, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78, 14 (Sat. 26, 36).
Bulimio Būlīmĭo, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Inscr. Fabr. 125, 35.
bulimo būlīmo, āre, āvi, ātum (βουλιμιῶ), 1, v. n., to have bulimy or insatiable hunger, Pelag. Vet. 10; Theod. Prisc. 2, 29.
bulimosus būlīmōsus, a, um, adj.bulimus, afflicted with insatiable hunger, Pelag. Vet. 10.
bulimus 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 bulla, ae, f.root vhal-; Gr. φαλ‐; cf. φαλλός, φύλλον, any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence, 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, Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity: si est homo bulla, eo magis senex,Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.Any thing rounded by art.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).A stud in a girdle: notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri,Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq. 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.
bullatio 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).
bullatus bullātus, a, um, adj.bulla. (Acc. to bulla, I. B.) Quickly passing; acc. to others, inflated, bombastic: nugae,Pers. 5, 19. (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. (Acc. to bulla, III.) Wearing a bulla about the neck: puer, Scip. Afr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10, 7: statua,
bullesco bullesco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [bullo], to bubble, form bubbles, Ampel. 8.
Bullidenses Bullĭdenses, -ienses, -īni, and -iōnes, v. Bylli-.
bullio bullĭo, īre, v. bullo.
bullitus bullītus, ūs, m.bullio, the bubbling, gushing up of water: aquae,Vitr. 8, 3.
bullo bullo, āre, and bullĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. n.bulla, to be in bubbling motion, to be in a state of ebullition, to bubble. 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. 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).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.
bullula bullŭla, ae, f.dim.bulla. A watery vesicle, Cels. 2, 5 fin.; 5, 28, n. 17.A small neck-ornament (bulla), Hier. in Isa. 2, 3, 18.
bumammus 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.
bumastus būmastus, i (būmasta, ae, Edict. Diocl. p. 18), f., = βούμαστος, sc. ἄμπελος (having large breasts; cf. bumammus),
bunias 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.
Bupalus 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.
burdo burdo, ōnis (collat. form burdus, i, Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 27, 7), m., = , a mule (the offspring of a horse and she-ass, while mulus is the offspring of an ass and a mare; v. Isid. Orig. 12, 1, 61), esp. used for carrying litters, Dig. 32, 49: onus duorum burdonum,Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 17.
burdonarius burdōnārĭus, ii, m.burdo, a muledriver, Edict. Diocl. p. 19.
burdunculus burduncŭlus, i, m., a plant, perh. borage, Marc. Emp. 5.
burgarii burgārĭi, ōrum, m.burgus, inhabitants of a castle, defenders of the borders (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 14, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 28.
Burgundiones Burgundĭōnes, um, m., and Bur-gundĭi, ōrum, m., a tribe of Goths, divided into the East Burgundians, who dwelt between the Oder and the Vistula, and the West Burgundians, upon the upper Main. Form Burgundiones, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 99; Mamert. I. Pan. 5 init. Form Burgundii, Amm. 28, 5, 9 sqq.; Mamert. II. Pan. 17 init. Sing.: Burgundĭo, ōnis, m., a Burgundian, Sid. Carm. 7, 234. As adj.: Burgundiones equi,Veg. Vet. 6, 6, 3.
burgus burgus, i, m.cf. πύργος; Germ. Burg, Berg; Engl. -burg, borough, -bury, a castle, fort, fortress (post-class.): castellum parvulum, quem burgum vocant,Veg. Mil. 4, 10: crebra per limites habitacula constituta burgos vulgo vocant,Isid. Orig. 9, 2, 99; 9, 4, 28; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2, § 4; Cod. Th. 12, 19, 2; Sid. Carm. 22.
Buri Buri or Burii, ōrum, m., = Βουροί, a German people in the neighborhood of the Marcomanni and Quadi, Tac. G. 43; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 22 init.
buris būris, is, m. (būra, ae, f., Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 2) [acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 170 (cf. also Isid. Orig. 20, 14, 2), contr. from βοῦς and οὐρά, ox-tail], the curved hinder part of the plough of the ancients, the plough-beam, Varr. ap. Serv. l. l. Acc. burim, Verg. G. 1, 170 Serv. and Voss.; Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 2.
Buris Būris, is, f., a city of Achaia; acc. Burin, Ov. M. 15, 293.
burra burra, ae, f.burrus. A small cow with a red mouth or muzzle, acc. to Fest. s. v.A shaggy garment, Anthol. Lat. 5, 133, 5. Hence, plur.: burrae, ārum, f., trifles, nonsense (post-class.): burras, quisquilias, ineptiasque, etc., Aus. praef. ad Latin. Pacat. 3.
burranica burrānĭca pōtioid., a drink composed of milk and must, so called on account of its red color, Fest. p. 30; cf. Ov. F. 4, 780.
burranicum burrānĭcum, i, n.prob. formed from the preced., a kind of vessel, Paul. ex Fest. p. 36 Müll.
burrhinon burrhĭnon, i, n.βοῦς‐ῥίν, a plant, oxnose, App. Herb. 86.
burricus burrĭcus or būrĭcus (-chus), i, m.burrus; Fr. bourrique, a small horse, Veg. 6, 2, 2; Paul. Nol. Ep. 29; cf. Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1.
burrus burrus, a, umπυρρός, an old word, = rufus, rubens, red, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.; cf. id. p. 36. Collat. form byrrus, a, um, Prob. ad Juv. 3, 283.
Bursaonenses Bursăōnenses, ĭum, m., a people of Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 24; called Bursăvōnenses, Auct. B. Hisp. 22: Bursăōnes, um, Liv. lib. 91, Fragm. 20 Weissenb.
bustar bustar, aris, m.bustum, a place where dead bodies were burned, Charis. p. 25 P.
busticetum bustĭcētum, i, n.id., post-class. for bustum, a place where dead bodies were burned, Arn. 1, p. 24; 7, p. 222.
bustirapus bustĭrăpus, i, m.bustum-rapio, a robber of tombs, a term of reproach: impudice, sceleste, verbero, bustirape, furcifer,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 127.
bustualis bustuālis, e, adj.bustum, of or pertaining to the place where dead bodies were burned, Sid. Ep. 3, 12; Prud. Cath. 9, 52.
bustuarius bustŭārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or pertaining to the place where dead bodies were burned: gladiator,
that fought at a funeral pile in honor of the dead
,Cic. Pis. 9, 19; Tert. Spect. 11; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 519 (Cicero so calls Clodius, in the passage cited, on account of a tumult which he caused at the funeral ceremonies that Cicero's brother made in honor of Marius): moecha,
bustum bustum, i, n.buro = uro, whence also comburo; cf. burrus, red, orig. the place where the bodies of the dead were burned and buried; later also, in gen., for a tomb: bustum proprie dicitur locus, in quo mortuus est combustus et sepultus... ubi vero combustus quis tantummodo, alibi vero est sepultus, is locus ab urendo ustrina vocatur; sed modo busta sepulchra appellamus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22; 11, 201; Inscr. Murat. 1514, 3. The place of burning and burying; the funeral-pyre after the burning of the body: semiustaque servant Busta neque avelli possunt,Verg. A. 11, 201 Don. ad loc.; Lucr. 3, 906; Stat. S. 5, 1, 226; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64.Transf. In gen., a mound, tomb (most freq. in the poets): in busto Achilli,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14: si quis bustum (nam id puto appellari τύμβον) violarit, Solon ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64; Cic. Phil. 14, 13, 34; id. Tusc. 5, 35, 101; id. Att. 7, 9, 1; Cat. 64, 363; Verg. A. 11, 850; 12, 863; * Hor. C. 3, 3, 40; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 29; 1, 19, 21; 2 (3), 13, 33; Ov. M. 4, 88; 13, 452 al.; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Ner. 33, 38; Luc. 8, 748Trop., of things that, like a tomb, give up a body to destruction; so of the maw of an animal that eats men: viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto,
seeing the living body enclosed in the living grave
,Lucr. 5, 991. So of Tereus, who devoured his son: flet modo, seque vocat bustum miserabile nati,Ov. M. 6, 665. Sarcastically, of one who annulled the laws: bustum legum omnium ac religionum,Cic. Pis. 5, 11; and: bustum rei publicae,id. ib. 4, 9. Of a battle-field: civilia busta Philippi,Prop. 2, 1, 27 Kuin. Ad Busta Gallica, a place in Rome, so called from the Gauls who were burned and buried there, Varr. L. L. 5, § 157 Müll.; Liv. 5, 48, 3; 22, 14, 11. Of a destroyed city, the site, ruins, Plin. 5, 17, 15, § 73.The burned body itself, the ashes, Stat. Th. 12, 247.
Buthrotum Būthrōtum, i, n. (Būthrōtŏs, i, f., Ov. M. 13, 721), = Βουθρωτόν and Βουθρωτός, a town on the coast of Epirus, now Butrinto, Caes. B. C. 3, 16; Verg. A. 3, 293 sq.; Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4. Hence, Būthrōtĭus, a, um, adj., of Buthrotum: ager, causa,Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 4: Plancus,id. ib. 15, 29, 3; and subst.: Būthrōtĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Buthrotum, id. ib. 14, 11, 2; 15, 2, 2; 16, 16, A, 4.
buthysia būthysĭa, ae, f., = βουθυσία, a sacrifice of oxen, Suet. Ner. 12 fin.
Buticus Būtĭcus, v. Butos.
butio būtĭo, ōnis, m., a bittern, Auct. Carm. Philom. 42.
Butoridas Būtŏrĭdas, ae, m., = Βουτορίδης, a Greek writer on the Pyramids of Egypt, Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 79.
Butos Būtŏs, i, f., = Βοῦτος, the chief city of the nomos Ptenethu in Egypt, upon the Sebennytic mouth of the Nile; containing a famous temple and oracle of Latona (Buto), Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64. Hence, Būtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Butos: linum,Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.
Butrotus Butrōtus, i, m., a river of Bruttia, now the Bruciano, Liv. 29, 7, 3.
buttuti buttuti, interj., Plaut. ap. Charis. p. 216 P.
butubatta bŭtŭbatta = nugatoria, trifles, worthless things, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 36 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 25 Rib.); Charis. 2, 16, p. 216 P.; cf. Comment. p. 351 sq.
Butuntum Butuntum, i, n., a town of Calabria, now Bitonte; hence, Butuntinenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Butuntum, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105; Front. Col. p. 111.
butyrum būtȳ^rum (ȳ, Sid. Carm. 12, 7; bŭ-tyron, Aen. Mac. Herb. c. de ruta. buturum, Edict. Diocl. p. 15), i, n., = βούτυρον [said to be a Scythian word, but prob. βοῦστυρός; Engl. butter],
buxeus buxĕus, a, um, adj.id.. Of or pertaining to the boxwood-tree, made of boxwood, boxwood-: luci,Sol. 52: forma,Col. 7, 8, 7: mola,Petr. 74, 5.Of the color of boxwood: rostra (anatum), Varr. ap. Non. p. 460, 8: dentes,Mart. 2, 41, 7: anuli, perh. ironic. for spurious (on account of the paleness of boxwood), Petr. 58, 10; cf. pallor,App. M. 1, p. 110, 30: luror,id. ib. 9, p. 231, 4.
buxus buxus, i, f., = πύξος (cf. Prisc. p. 549, and the letter B). Lit., the pale, evergreen box-tree, Enn. ap. Phylarg. l. l.: buxus densa foliis,Ov. A. A. 3, 691: crispata,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: horrida,id. ib. 2, 268: perpetuo virens,Ov. M. 10, 97; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; for its natural history, v. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70 sq. For things made of boxwood (cf. Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172), a pipe or flute: tympana vos buxasque vocant Berecyntia. Verg. A. 9, 619 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 4, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 77; 9, 480; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 286; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 209; 3, 130.
Buzyges Būzyges, ae, m., = Βουζύγης, an ancient Athenian hero, the inventor of the plough and of ploughing with oxen, = Triptolemus and Epimenides, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 199; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 4; Aus. Ep. 22, 46; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 19.