Lewis Short
cŭcurbĭta (noun F) :
* A gourd.
* Prop., Col. 11, 3, 48 sq.; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 16.
* Transf., in medic. lang., a cup, cupping-glass (of similar form), Scrib. Comp. 46; 67; Juv. 14, 58: cucurbitae medicinales,Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 123 al.
* Trop., a blockhead, Petr. 39.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary