Bu*col"ic, n. [L. Bucolicôn
poëma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the
life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of
Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.
Bu*col"ic (?), a. [L. bucolicus, Gr.
?, fr. ? cowherd, herdsman; ? ox + (perh.) ? race horse; cf. Skr.
kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.]
Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral;
rustic.