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noun

Bocchar

gen. Bocchăris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
(in MSS. also , ŏris)
a king of Mauritania at the time of the second Punic war; an African poetic
a king of Mauritania at the time of the second Punic war, Liv. 29, 30, 1; cf. id. 29, 32, 1.—Hence, poet. for an African, in gen., Juv. 5, 90.
Perseus ID: n5502 Key: Bocchar