vĭtŭlus
i, m.
Gr. ἰταλός, bull; whence Italia; Sanscr. vatsas, calf
I.
a calf.
I.
Lit.
(a).
Masc., a bullcalf, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 6; Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36; Quint. 1, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 624; 4, 755; 10, 227; Mart. 3, 58, 11; Verg. G. 4, 299 al.—
(b).
Fem., a cow-calf, Verg. E. 3, 29 and 77.—
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen., a calf, foal; of the horse, Verg. G. 3, 164; of the elephant, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2; of the whale, id. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
B.
In partic.: vitulus marinus, Juv. 3, 238; Suet. Aug. 90.—Called also simply vitulus, Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146.