bucolic

English

WOTD – 24 May 2007

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: byo͞okŏʹlĭk, IPA^(key): /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/
• (US) enPR: byo͞okäʹlĭk, IPA^(key): /bjuˈkɑlɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk
• Hyphenation: bu‧col‧ic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).

Adjective

bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)

1. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

   The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses.

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 71:

     A couple of years later the Metropolitan had reached its own most northerly point, Verney Junction, which was as bucolic as it sounds.

2. Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.

   The cozy bed and breakfast was located in a picturesque, bucolic setting, offering guests a chance to escape the city and enjoy the simple pleasures of the countryside.

3. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

   Their traditional clothing and simple way of life reflected their bucolic roots as a community of shepherds and farmers.

   • 1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 27:

     Here we consider a bucolic example.

Derived terms

• bucolically
• bucolicism
• unbucolic

Translations

rustic, pastoral, country-styled

• Bulgarian: пасторален (bg) (pastoralen), провинциален (bg) (provincialen)
• Catalan: bucòlic (ca)
• Dutch: rustiek (nl), landelijk (nl), bucolisch (nl)
• French: bucolique (fr)
• Greek: βουκολικός (el) m (voukolikós), αγροτικός (el) m (agrotikós), ποιμενικός (el) m (poimenikós)

  Ancient: βουκολικός (boukolikós)

• Icelandic: sveitalegur m, sveita-, sveitalífs-, sveitasælu-, óheflaður m, grófgerður m, prests-
• Latin: būcolicus
• Portuguese: bucólico (pt)
• Russian: пасторальный (ru) (pastoralʹnyj), се́льский (ru) (sélʹskij)
• Spanish: bucólico (es)
• Swedish: rustik (sv), lantlig (sv), bukolisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: буколічний (uk) m (bukoličnyj), пасторальний m (pastoralʹnyj), сільський m (silʹsʹkyj)

pertaining to herdsmen or peasants

• Bulgarian: селски (bg) (selski), овчарски (ovčarski)
• Dutch: pastoraal (nl)
• French: pastoral (fr)
• Greek: βουκολικός (el) m (voukolikós)

  Ancient: βουκολικός (boukolikós)

• Icelandic: bóndalegur m
• Latin: būcolicus
• Russian: се́льский (ru) (sélʹskij)
• Swedish: bukolisk (sv), lantlig (sv), herde-, bond-, bondsk (sv)

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bucólico (es)

Etymology 2

From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus.

Noun

bucolic (plural bucolics)

1. A pastoral poem.
2. A rustic, peasant.

Translations

a pastoral poem

• Latin: būcolicum n
• Polish: bukolika (pl) f
• Scottish Gaelic: bua-choilleag f, bò-choilleag f, coilleag f
• Swedish: herdedikt

a rustic, peasant

• Bulgarian: овчар (bg) m (ovčar), селянин (bg) m (seljanin)
• Latin: būcolicum n
• Swedish: lantbo, bonde (sv)

See also

• georgic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bucolique, from Latin bucolicus.

Adjective

bucolic m or n (feminine singular bucolică, masculine plural bucolici, feminine and neuter plural bucolice)

1. bucolic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bucolic		bucolică		bucolici	bucolice
	definite	bucolicul		bucolica		bucolicii	bucolicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bucolic		bucolice		bucolici	bucolice
	definite	bucolicului		bucolicei		bucolicilor	bucolicelor