būbalus, i, m., = βούβαλος, a kind of African stag or gazelle, Plin. 8, 15, 15, § 38; Sol. 20, 5; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5.

—Hence, bū-balus, a, um, adj., of the gazelle: caro, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 19; id. 1 Par. 16, 3.

— The buffalo, wild-ox, = urus, Sol. 20, 5; Mart. Spect. 23, 4; this use of the word is censured by Pliny, 8, 15, 15, § 38.

—Collat. form būfalus, i, m., Ven. Fort. Carm. 7, 4, 21.