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pecus1 <coris> nt

1. koll.

pecus
Vieh, (bes. der Ernährung dienendes) Kleinvieh, Wollvieh [ lanigerum Schafe; saetigerum Schweine ]
ager bonus pecori

2.

pecus
Viehherde
auch v. Seetieren, Hummeln u. a. Proteus pecus (Seetiere) agit

3. poet

pecus
Stück Vieh

4. übtr v. Menschen, verächtl u. als Schimpfw.

poet imitatorum servum pecus Hor.
die Nachäfferherde

pecus2 <udis> f

1.

pecus
einzelnes Stück Vieh, das Tier
Neptuni pecudes
Fische
pecudes et bestiae
zahme u. wilde Tiere
pecudum sollertia poet auch v. Bienen

2. poet

pecus
ein Stück Kleinvieh, bes. Schaf
armenta et pecudes
pecus et caprae

3. im Pl Verg.

pecus
Landtiere
genus aequoreum, pecudes pictaeque volucres

4. übtr, als Schimpfw.

pecus
vom einfältigen od. stumpfsinnigen Menschen
stupor hominis vel dicam pecudis