taurĕus
a, um, adj.
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.