pecus

Etymology
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The origin of the suffixal in  is unknown.

Noun

 * 1)  A group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and equines.
 * 2) * 1st century , M. Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum, Book II, Ch. 1, §12:
 * "la"

- ...est scientia pecoris parandi ac pascendi ut fructus quam possint maximi capiantur ex eo... Ea partes habet novem, discretas ter ternas, ut sit una de minoribus pecudibus cuius genera tria oves, capra, sus, altera de pecore maiore, in quo sunt item ad tres species natura discreti: boves, asini, equi. Tertia pars est in pecuaria quae non parantur ut ex iis capiatur fructus, sed propter eam aut ex ea. Sunt muli, canes, pastores.


 * 1) * 1st century , G. Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book. VI, Ch. vi:
 * "la"

- Caesar... adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.


 * 1)  Any other group of animals, imagined as a herd or flock; such animals collectively exclusive of humanity: beasts.
 * 2) * 1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Re Rustica, Book VIII, Ch. iv:
 * "la"

- ...volatile pecus...


 * 1) * 1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Re Rustica, Book VIII, Ch. xvii, Sect. 7:
 * "la"

- Hac ratione stabulis ordinatis aquatile pecus inducemus...


 * 1)  A mindless group of people: "cattle", "sheep", rabble, the mob.
 * 2)  Any individual animal, conceived as a member or usual member of a flock or herd.

Usage notes
In Latin, may be used for any domestic animal, especially larger herd animals, but the stronger plow-drawing animals  and cart-drawing animals  were often distinguished. In Late Latin, the neuter form of pecus was generally used for all the senses of feminine below.

Descendants

 * Padanian:
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Noun

 * 1)  A single herd animal, especially a head of cattle, a horse.
 * 2) A single animal, a beast, especially smaller livestock or livestock taken generally.
 * 3) * 1st century , M. Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum, Book II, Ch. 1, §12:
 * "la"

- ...est scientia pecoris parandi ac pascendi ut fructus quam possint maximi capiantur ex eo... Ea partes habet novem, discretas ter ternas, ut sit una de minoribus pecudibus cuius genera tria oves, capra, sus, altera de pecore maiore, in quo sunt item ad tres species natura discreti: boves, asini, equi. Tertia pars est in pecuaria quae non parantur ut ex iis capiatur fructus, sed propter eam aut ex ea. Sunt muli, canes, pastores.


 * 1) * 29 . Vergil. Georgics, III
 * So far does every species on earth of man and beast, whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged, collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex].
 * 1)  A mindless or violent person: a brute, an animal.
 * 1)  A mindless or violent person: a brute, an animal.

Usage notes
Like pecus above, this sense usually excluded the stronger plow-drawing animals and cart-drawing animals. This feminine pecus was also more broadly used for smaller livestock including sheep, goats, and swine, although it was used in the plural rather than as a collective noun to describe their flocks. By Late Latin, it was generally confused with neuter pecus above, the latter eventually replacing it in all senses.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) head of cattle