taurĕus

a, um, adj.

taurus

I. of a bull or ox, of oxen, taurine (mostly poet.).
I. Adj.: vincla, i. e. taurean bands (a poet. expression to denote glue), Lucr. 6, 1071: terga, bulls' hides, Verg. A. 9, 706; also, meton., for a drum, Ov. F. 4, 342.—
II. Subst.: taurĕa, ae, f.
1. A whip of bull's hide, Juv. 6, 492; Tert. ad Mart. 5.—
2. = taura, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 140.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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