βούκολ-ος,ὁ,
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 devoteeof Sarapis, UPZ 57.7 . (βοῦς,q[uglide]el-, cf. Lat.colo: in these wordsβωκολ-is found as v.l. for βουκολ- in some codd. of Theoc. )