Significatio vocis taurus | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. Taurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
   declension-2, masculine, singular
2. a bull, steer
   declension-2, masculine
3. the constellation Taurus the bull
   declension-2, masculine
4. an instrument of torture, in the shape of a bull
   declension-2, masculine
5. a (dialectal, Gaul) small bird that sounds like the lowing of oxen, possibly the bittern
   declension-2, masculine
6. a kind of beetle
   declension-2, masculine
7. the perineum
   declension-2, masculine

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“vacca sit an taurus, nōn est cognōscere prōmptum:”

Whether it is a cow or a bull is not easy to know: the front part appears, the hindquarters lie hidden. (Although Ovid wryly observes that Taurus (constellation) depicts only the head, horns, and forequarters of this mythological animal, traditionally it was seen as a ‘‘taurus’’ and not a ‘‘vacca’’ charging in the sky.)

“est quae boum mugitus imitetur, in Arelatensi agro taurus appellata, alioquin parva est.”

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