porcus

porcus, i, m. [cf. Gr. porkos, Varr. L. L. 5, § 97 Müll.; Umbr. purka, O. H. Germ. farah].

I.

Lit., a tame swine, a hog, pig:

sunt domi agni, et porci sacres,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 4:

villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, gallinā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Mart. 8, 22, 1:

Scrofa alat suos porcos,

her pigs, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 13:

porcus femina,

a female swine, sow, Cato, R. R. 134; Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57.—Of a glutton, as a term of reproach, hog, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 16; Cat. 39, 11.—

II.

Transf.

A.

Porcus marinus, the sea-hog, porpoise, Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 56;

also called simply porcus,

id. 32, 2, 9, § 19.—

B.

= pudendum muliebre, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 10.—

C.

Caput porci, in milit. lang., a wedge-shaped order of battle, Amm. 17, 13; cf. porcinus, II.