-bulcus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *-bʰolḱ-os (“supporter”) from the root *bʰelḱ-, whence also Latin fulciō (“to support”). Traditionally connected with Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”), though this is phonologically unconvincing.^[1]

Suffix

-bulcus m (genitive -bulcī); second declension

-herd
‎sūs (“swine”) + ‎-bulcus → ‎subulcus (“swineherd”)

‎bōs (“ox”) + ‎-bulcus → ‎bubulcus (“ox-driver”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-bulcus	-bulcī
genitive	-bulcī	-bulcōrum
dative	-bulcō	-bulcīs
accusative	-bulcum	-bulcōs
ablative	-bulcō	-bulcīs
vocative	-bulce	-bulcī

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -bulcus

aububulcus

bubulcus

subulcus

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-bulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-bulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77

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