bubaln.

Brit.

/ˈbjuːbl/, U.S.

/ˈb(j)ubəl/

Inflections: Plural bubals, (rare) unchanged.

Forms:

α. Middle English bubali (plural), 1500s–1700s bubalus, 1600s–1800s bubalis.

β. late Middle English–1500s 1700s– bubale, late Middle English 1700s– bubal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin būbalus, bubalis.

Etymology: < classical Latin būbalus (in post-classical Latin also bubalis (1556 or earlier)) antelope, wild ox, or buffalo (in the latter sense regarded as vulgar by Pliny) < ancient Greek βούβαλος antelope (also βούβαλις ), in Byzantine Greek also buffalo (see buffalo n.¹). In sense 2 after French bubale (1752; < classical Latin būbalus).

Zoology.

†1. Any of various European or North African bovids of the genus Bos; esp. a wild ox. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

α.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xxx. 742 Þere [sc. þe mounteyns of Boemia] ben eendeles many bestes.., as beers, hertes,..bubali, and byfontes [read bysontes].

?1530 Dialoges Creatures Moralysed cii. sig. LL.iv^v Vnto an oxe ther is a beaste right lyke and is namyd Bubalus.

1653 J. Mayer Upon Pentateuch in Comm. O.T. vii. 118 For the beasts of great bodies, there are but three kinds cleane, as I conceive, the two sorts of Oxen, and the Bubalus.

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts ii. ii. 32/1 Many call divers wild-Oxen, especial there where they were brought from abroad, Bubali... Scaliger speaks of the Bubalis, whose blood and horns are described by Aristotle.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 31 This animal,..whether called the bonasus by some, or the bubalus by others, is but a variety of the cow kind, with whom it breeds.

β. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxxij/2 Salomon had dayly..veneson that was taken as hertes ghotes bubals.a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 82 Cam to king Salamonis table..many fatte bubales, almaner pultry.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 137 Bubale called of the common people Buffes, of Plinie Bisonte, are common in Itally.1874 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 334 The great ox or bubal was still existing in the Hyrcanian forest in Charlemagne's time.

2. Also more fully bubal antelope, bubal hartebeest. Any of various African hartebeests or related antelopes; esp. a hartebeest of the subspecies Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus (now thought to be extinct), having lyre-shaped horns and a sandy-brown coat with greyish patches on the muzzle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun]

antelope1417

ante1625

bubal1661

capricerve1661

bok1812

α.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A4 Cornigerous ruminants, horned and chewing the cudde; as the Cow,..sheep, musmon, goat, rock-goat, ibex, bubalis, pygargus, [etc.].

1688 A. Pitfield tr. C. Perrault Mem. Nat. Hist. Animals 128 This Animal [sc. the Barbary cow] ought rather to be taken for the Bubalus of the Ancients..: for Aristotle compares the Bubalus to the Stagg.

1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VII. 4 The horns of the bubalus..never fall off, but continue to grow during life, and resemble, in figure and texture, those of the gazelles.

1886 Era 11 Dec. 19/5 (advt.) Bubalis, or Cow-Faced Antelope, a Male, just arrived, for sale.

β. 1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 137 The animal that the gentlemen of the Academy of Sciences have described under the name of the Barbary cow,..which we call the bubal [Fr. bubale].1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. i. 10 As we returned to our camp we met with a number of Bubales, I killed one with my carbine.1858 D. W. Mitchell Guide to Gardens Zool. Soc. London 59 Bubal Antilope. (Acronotus bubalis.)... The Bubal extends from Morocco to Nubia, and was well known to the ancients.1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ix. 168 Antelopes..the oryx antelope and the bubale.1907 G. Renshaw Final Nat. Hist. Ess. xvi. 152 A fine herd of eight bubal..was studied by the writer some years ago in the Jardin des Plantes.1931 Anthopol., Mem. 3 56 An antelope, the bubal hartebeest (Bubalis boselaphus), a native of the larger part of northern Africa, was mummified.1991 P. Matthiessen Afr. Silences i. 31 I..took small pleasure in the dozen kob and bubales.2015 J. Kingdon Kingdon Field Guide Afr. Mammals (ed. 2) 600 Extinction of the Bubal should serve as a warning about the vulnerability of this species.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bubal
释义	bubaln. Brit. /ˈbjuːbl/, U.S. /ˈb(j)ubəl/ Inflections: Plural bubals, (rare) unchanged. Forms: α. Middle English bubali (plural), 1500s–1700s bubalus, 1600s–1800s bubalis. β. late Middle English–1500s 1700s– bubale, late Middle English 1700s– bubal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin būbalus, bubalis. Etymology: < classical Latin būbalus (in post-classical Latin also bubalis (1556 or earlier)) antelope, wild ox, or buffalo (in the latter sense regarded as vulgar by Pliny) < ancient Greek βούβαλος antelope (also βούβαλις ), in Byzantine Greek also buffalo (see buffalo n.¹). In sense 2 after French bubale (1752; < classical Latin būbalus). Zoology. †1. Any of various European or North African bovids of the genus Bos; esp. a wild ox. Obsolete. ΚΠ α. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xxx. 742 Þere [sc. þe mounteyns of Boemia] ben eendeles many bestes.., as beers, hertes,..bubali, and byfontes [read bysontes]. ?1530 Dialoges Creatures Moralysed cii. sig. LL.iv^v Vnto an oxe ther is a beaste right lyke and is namyd Bubalus. 1653 J. Mayer Upon Pentateuch in Comm. O.T. vii. 118 For the beasts of great bodies, there are but three kinds cleane, as I conceive, the two sorts of Oxen, and the Bubalus. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts ii. ii. 32/1 Many call divers wild-Oxen, especial there where they were brought from abroad, Bubali... Scaliger speaks of the Bubalis, whose blood and horns are described by Aristotle. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 31 This animal,..whether called the bonasus by some, or the bubalus by others, is but a variety of the cow kind, with whom it breeds. β. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxxij/2 Salomon had dayly..veneson that was taken as hertes ghotes bubals.a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 82 Cam to king Salamonis table..many fatte bubales, almaner pultry.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 137 Bubale called of the common people Buffes, of Plinie Bisonte, are common in Itally.1874 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 334 The great ox or bubal was still existing in the Hyrcanian forest in Charlemagne's time. 2. Also more fully bubal antelope, bubal hartebeest. Any of various African hartebeests or related antelopes; esp. a hartebeest of the subspecies Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus (now thought to be extinct), having lyre-shaped horns and a sandy-brown coat with greyish patches on the muzzle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] antelope1417 ante1625 bubal1661 capricerve1661 bok1812 α. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A4 Cornigerous ruminants, horned and chewing the cudde; as the Cow,..sheep, musmon, goat, rock-goat, ibex, bubalis, pygargus, [etc.]. 1688 A. Pitfield tr. C. Perrault Mem. Nat. Hist. Animals 128 This Animal [sc. the Barbary cow] ought rather to be taken for the Bubalus of the Ancients..: for Aristotle compares the Bubalus to the Stagg. 1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VII. 4 The horns of the bubalus..never fall off, but continue to grow during life, and resemble, in figure and texture, those of the gazelles. 1886 Era 11 Dec. 19/5 (advt.) Bubalis, or Cow-Faced Antelope, a Male, just arrived, for sale. β. 1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 137 The animal that the gentlemen of the Academy of Sciences have described under the name of the Barbary cow,..which we call the bubal [Fr. bubale].1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. i. 10 As we returned to our camp we met with a number of Bubales, I killed one with my carbine.1858 D. W. Mitchell Guide to Gardens Zool. Soc. London 59 Bubal Antilope. (Acronotus bubalis.)... The Bubal extends from Morocco to Nubia, and was well known to the ancients.1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ix. 168 Antelopes..the oryx antelope and the bubale.1907 G. Renshaw Final Nat. Hist. Ess. xvi. 152 A fine herd of eight bubal..was studied by the writer some years ago in the Jardin des Plantes.1931 Anthopol., Mem. 3 56 An antelope, the bubal hartebeest (Bubalis boselaphus), a native of the larger part of northern Africa, was mummified.1991 P. Matthiessen Afr. Silences i. 31 I..took small pleasure in the dozen kob and bubales.2015 J. Kingdon Kingdon Field Guide Afr. Mammals (ed. 2) 600 Extinction of the Bubal should serve as a warning about the vulnerability of this species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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