I.an Asturian horse, an ambler, distinguished for the beautiful motion of its limbs (cf. the epigram, Mart. 14, 199, and Sil. 3, 336), Auct. ad Her. 4, 50; Sen. Ep. 81: “Equini generis, hi sunt quos thieldones vocamus, minore formā appellatos Asturcones,” Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166; Veg. 2, 28, 37.—Transf. to other horses possessing similar qualities: “Asturco Macedonicus,” Petr. 86.
Asturco , ōnis, m. Astur,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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