fordus

fordus, a, um (archaic form hordus, v. in the foll.), adj. [fero],

• with young, pregnant: fordicidia a fordis bubus: bos forda quae fert in ventre, etc., Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; cf.: fordicidiis boves fordae id est gravidae immolabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.; and: tertia post Veneris cum lux surrexerit Idus. Pontifices, forda sacra litate bove. Forda ferens bos est fecundaque, dicta ferendo, Ov. F. 4, 630 sq.—Subst.: forda, ae, f., a cow that is with calf: Col. 6, 24, 3; Ov. F. 4, 631.—Archaic form: horda praegnans, unde dies, quo gravidae hostiae immolabantur, hordicidia, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.

fordus, a, um (fero), trächtig, bos, Varro LL. 6, 15. Ov. fast. 4, 630. – subst., forda, ae, f. (sc. bos), eine trächtige Kuh, Col. 6, 24. § 3 u. 4. Ov. fast. 4, 631.

fordus adj.

• 1 FER-, with young, pregnant: bos, O.—As substf. (sc. bos), O.