— bucolically , adv.
/byooh kol"ik/ , adj. Also, bucolical .
1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
n.
3. a pastoral poem.
4. Archaic. a farmer; shepherd; rustic.
[ 1525-35; bucolicus boukolikós rustic, equiv. to boukól ( os ) herdsman ( bou-, s. of boûs ox + -kolos keeper + -ikos -IC ]
Syn. 2, 3. georgic.