adjective
brŏchus
Meaning
- projecting
brŏchus, brocchus, broccus, or broncus, a, um, adj. root bor-; cf. voro (ante - class. and rare).
I. Lit., of the teeth of animals, projecting:
dentes, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3 Schneid.; 2, 9, 3.—II. Transf., of animals, with projecting teeth, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 25, 27 sq.; Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. valgos, p. 375 Müll.