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Bucephalus|bjuːˈsɛfələs|
[ad. Gr. βουκέϕαλος ox-headed, f. βοῦς ox + κεϕαλή head.]
The name of Alexander the Great's celebrated charger; applied humorously as a name for any riding-horse.
[1601Holland Pliny I. 220 Men called [him] Bucephalus..of the marke or brand of a buls head, which was imprinted vpon his shoulder. ]1799Sheridan Pizarro Prol., The hack Bucephalus of Rotten Row. 1814Scott Wav. vi, The Bucephalus which he bestrode. 1818Byron Mazeppa iv, As thy Bucephalus and thou. |