Message: "Re: Bocephus" - Behind the Name

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[Facts] Re: Bocephus

by Stancel (guest)

10/19/2004, 4:16 PM

sounds latin to me.

- bluefrog62 (guest) +3

10/19/2004, 6:17 PM

I think it's Greek and means "big head". Wasn't that the name of Alexander the Great's horse?

- Anneza (guest) +2

10/20/2004, 12:29 AM

Thought it was Bucephalos,which I probably can't spell.

- ghgh (guest) +1

10/23/2004, 3:57 PM

Bucefalos, Bucepahlos is a variant of "bicephalos" that is double-headed... as I understand it... Yet I suppose it's not akin to th name in question

- Actis (guest)

10/24/2004, 6:46 PM

Bucephalos isn't a variant. It comes from "ox-head", referring to a mark on the horse's forehead.

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