Bubulcus

See also: bubulcus

Translingual

Bubulcus bubulcus

Etymology

From Latin bubulcus (“herdsman”).

Proper noun

Bubulcus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – cattle egrets, native to Eurasia, now found in tropical to warm-temperate zones worldwide.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Ciconiiformes - order; Ardeidae - family; Ardeinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bubulcus ibis (western cattle egret), Bubulcus coromandus (eastern cattle egret)

References

• Bubulcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bubulcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bubulcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From bubulcus (“herdsman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buˈbul.kus/, [bʊˈbʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈbul.kus/, [buˈbulkus]

Proper noun

Bubulcus m sg (genitive Bubulcī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bubulcus
genitive	Bubulcī
dative	Bubulcō
accusative	Bubulcum
ablative	Bubulcō
vocative	Bubulce

References

• “Bubulcus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray