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Lewis Short
in-cūnābŭla (noun N) :
* Swaddlingclothes, swathing-bands.
* Lit.: fasciis opus est, pulvinis, cunis, incunabulis,Plaut. Truc. 5, 13; id. Am. 5, 1, 52.
* Transf.
* Trop., an origin, beginning: de oratoris quasi incunabulis dicere,Cic. Or. 13, 42: nostrae doctrinae,id. de Or. 1, 6, 23: ab ipsis discendi velut incunabulis, Quint. prooem. 6 Zumpt N. cr.
* A birthplace: in montes patrios, et ad incunabula nostra pergam, Poët. (perh. Enn.) ap. Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3 (v. Vahl. Enn. p. 81): Jovis,Ov. M. 8, 99: majorum,Just. 31, 8, 4.
* Childhood: jam inde ab incunabulis imbutus odio tribunorum,from the cradle, from childhood,Liv. 4, 36 fin.; so, ab primis,Amm. 14, 6, 4; and: in primis vitae incunabulis, Firm. 1, 3.
* Swaddlingclothes, swathing-bands.
* Lit.: fasciis opus est, pulvinis, cunis, incunabulis,Plaut. Truc. 5, 13; id. Am. 5, 1, 52.
* Transf.
* Trop., an origin, beginning: de oratoris quasi incunabulis dicere,Cic. Or. 13, 42: nostrae doctrinae,id. de Or. 1, 6, 23: ab ipsis discendi velut incunabulis, Quint. prooem. 6 Zumpt N. cr.
* A birthplace: in montes patrios, et ad incunabula nostra pergam, Poët. (perh. Enn.) ap. Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3 (v. Vahl. Enn. p. 81): Jovis,Ov. M. 8, 99: majorum,Just. 31, 8, 4.
* Childhood: jam inde ab incunabulis imbutus odio tribunorum,from the cradle, from childhood,Liv. 4, 36 fin.; so, ab primis,Amm. 14, 6, 4; and: in primis vitae incunabulis, Firm. 1, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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