BUCOLICS

Noun

bucolics

plural of bucolic

Source: Wiktionary


BUCOLIC

Bu*col"ic, a. Etym: [L. bucolicus, Gr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bu*col"ic, n. Etym: [L. Bucolicôn poëma.]

Definition: A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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