fībŭla (noun N.f) : (post-class. contr. fibla, Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952;
* Plur. heterocl.: , n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), , f.contr. from figibula, from figo, that which serves to fasten two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace.
* In gen.
* Lit.: ubi fibula vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos,Ov. M. 2, 412; so on clothes (frequently set with gold and precious stones, and given as a mark of honor to deserving soldiers),Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18: fibula crinem Auro internectat,Verg. A. 7, 815: trabes binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5: iligneae, ulmeae, etc.,bands, fillets for making baskets,Cato, R. R. 31, 1.
* In partic.
* A surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound, Gr. ἀγκτήρ, Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.
* A stitching-needle drawn through the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16.

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