pecus

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • (zoology) A group of large domestic animals: a herd of cattle, horses, or donkeys; such animals in a collective sense: cattle and equines.
  • (zoology) Any other group of animals, imagined as a herd or flock; such animals collectively exclusive of humanity: beasts.
  • (pejorative) A mindless group of people: "cattle", "sheep", rabble, the mob.
  • (zoology) Any individual animal, conceived as a member or usual member of a flock or herd.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (livestock, domestic animals, cattle), *peḱ- (livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peḱ-

Gloss

livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

畜

Emoji

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