Bucolic
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| # [[rustic|Rustic]], [[pastoral]], country-styled. | # [[rustic|Rustic]], [[pastoral]], country-styled. | ||
| # Pertaining to [[herdsman|herdsmen]] or [[peasant]]s. | # Pertaining to [[herdsman|herdsmen]] or [[peasant]]s. | ||
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| + | From Latin ''būcolicus'', from Ancient Greek ''βουκολικός'' (''boukolikos'', “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”), from ''βουκόλος'' (boukolos, “cowherd”), from ''βοῦς'' (''bous'', “cow”) + ''-κολος'' (-colos, “keeper, tender”) + ''-ικός'' (-icos, “-ic”). | ||
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Etymology
From Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikos, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”), from βουκόλος (boukolos, “cowherd”), from βοῦς (bous, “cow”) + -κολος (-colos, “keeper, tender”) + -ικός (-icos, “-ic”).
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