Lewis Short
cūnābŭla (noun N) : cunae
* A cradle.
* Prop., Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.—Of the resting-place of young animals, Verg. G. 4, 66; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.
* Meton.
* The cradle, i. e. the earliest abode, dwellingplace: Jovis parvi,Prop. 3 (4), 1, 27.gentis nostrae,Verg. A. 3, 105.
* Like our cradle, for birth, origin: a primis cunabulis,from earliest childhood,Col. 1, 3, 5: qui non in cunabulis sed in campo sunt consules facti,i. e. not by their descent,Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100: a primis cunabulis hujus urbis conditae,App. M. 2, p. 128, 27: juris,Dig. 1, 2, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary