[ad. Gr. βουκέφαλος ox-headed, f. βοῦς ox + κεφαλή head.] The name of Alexander the Great’s celebrated charger; applied humorously as a name for any riding-horse.
[1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 220. Men called [him] Bucephalus … of the marke or brand of a buls head, which was imprinted vpon his shoulder.]
1799. Sheridan, Pizarro, Prol. The hack Bucephalus of Rotten Row.
1814. Scott, Wav., vi. The Bucephalus which he bestrode.
1818. Byron, Mazeppa, iv. As thy Bucephalus and thou.
