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hircus.

he-goat;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈhɪr.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈir.kus]

  1. a buck, male goat

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. the rank smell of the armpits

    broadly · declension-2 · masculine
    Sī cui iūre bonō sacer ālārum obstitit hircus,...

  3. a filthy person

    declension-2 · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. As with other Indo-European words for “goat”, a reliable Proto-Indo-European etymon cannot be formally reconstructed. Nonetheless, compare Old High German irah, irh (“buck”), which Pokorny says is borrowed from the Latin. Possibly related to hirpus (“wolf”) and/or hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”); according to Pokorny, all three are from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Varro, in De Lingua Latina cites a Sabine form: fircus.

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