Asturco
Asturco, ōnis, m. Astur, 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.
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Asturco, ōnis, m. Astur, 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.
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