hircuus

hircus (also hircŭus and ircus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 20;

and the Sabine form, FIRCUS,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 97 Müll.; cf. haedus init. ), i, m., a he-goat, buck (cf. haedus, caper).

I.

Lit., Verg. E. 3, 8; 91; id. G. 3, 312; Hor. Epod. 16, 34; id. A. P. 220 (Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60: foedissimum animalium).—

II.

Transf.

A.

Like caper, a goatish smell, the rank smell of the armpits:

hircum ab alis (sapere),

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 48:

alarum,

Cat. 71, 1:

an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis,

Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

pastillos Rufillus olet, Gargonius hircum,

id. S. 1, 2, 27; 1, 4, 92.—

B.

An epithet applied to a filthy person:

hircus, hara suis,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 38:

propter operam illius hirqui improbi edentuli,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 20.—

C.

Of voluptuous persons, id. Merc. 2, 2, 1; 4; Cat. 37, 5; Poët. Atell. ap. Suet. Tib. 45.