Vítulus, vítuli, pen co. m. g. Ci. A calfe, as wel of a cow as certaine other beastes.Ferox vitulus.Iuuen. Mactatus vitulus. Lucret. Imbelles vituls.Stat. Tener. Horat. Lactentes.Ouid.Tueri vitulos.Virg. Vitulus etiam elephantorum & piscium dicitur. Pli. Vitulus. Plin. A fithe called a seale.Vitulinus. pe. pr. Adiect. Of a calfe. vt Vitnlina caro. Ci. Veale.Assum vitulinum. Ci. Rost deale.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vĭtŭlus, i, m., and vitŭla, ae, f. [Gr. i)talo/s, bull; whence Italia; Sanscr. vatsas, calf], a calf.I.Lit.(a).Masc., a bullcalf, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 6; Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36; Quint. 1, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 624; 4, 755; 10, 227; Mart. 3, 58, 11; Verg. G. 4, 299 al.—(b).Fem., a cow-calf, Verg. E. 3, 29 and 77.— II.Transf.A. In gen., a calf, foal; of the horse, Verg. G. 3, 164; of the elephant, Plin. 8, 1, 1, 2; of the whale, id. 9, 6, 5, 13.—B. In partic.: vitulus marinus,
a sea-calf
,
seal
, Juv. 3, 238; Suet. Aug. 90.—Called also simply vitulus, Plin. 2, 55, 56, 146.