Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

bucolic

 

(adj.) 1) of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral; 2) idyllically rural, rustic; (n.) a pastoral poem

 

The artist’s deliberate juxtaposing of bucolic and naturalistic elements has a startling effect on many viewers.

 

Latin root word: bucolicus, bucolica, bucolicum - pastoral, bucolic

 

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