βούκολος

A. tending kine, βουκόλοι ἄνδρες, ἀγροιῶται, Il. 13.571, Od. 11.292, al.; β. δοῦλος Pl. Ion 540c; ποιμὴν αἰπόλος . . καὶ β. Cratin. 281: also abs., Hdt. 1.110, PGoodsp.Cair. 30 ixI (ii A. D.), etc.; βέλει βουκόλου πτερόεντος, i.e. the gadfly, A. Supp. 557 (lyr.); β. ἵππων Ael. NA 12.44.

II. worshipper of Dionysos in bull-form, in pl., title of play by Cratinus, cf. E. Fr. 203, IG 12(9).262 (Eretria, i B. C.), IGRom. 4.386 (Pergam.), Luc. Salt. 79, Hsch. s.v. πυρπερέγχει.

2. β. τοῦ Ὀσορᾶπι devotee of Sarapis, UPZ 57.7. (βοῦς, q[uglide]el-, cf. Lat. colo: in these words βωκολ‐ is found as v.l. for βουκολ‐ in some codd. of Theoc.)