porcinus

porcīnus, a, um, adj. [id.].

I.

Lit., of a hog, hog's, swine's:

polimenta,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 28:

vox,

Sen. Ira, 2, 12:

numen,

Petr. Frag. 35:

caro, porcina,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 18.—

B.

Subst.: porcīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), swine's flesh, pork, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 69; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11, 95.—

II.

Transf., in milit. lang.:

porcinum caput,

a swine's head, a wedge-shaped order of battle, Veg. Mil. 3, 19 fin.