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ungula
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Lewis Short
ungŭla (noun F) : unguis.
* Lit., a hoof, claw, talon; of a horse: totam quatit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 231 Vahl.); Verg. A. 8, 596; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11.—Of a swine, Cato, R. R. 158, 1; Cels. 2, 17; 4, 14.—Of oxen: bisulca,Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72.—Of the claws of hens, Plaut. Aul. 3. 4, 8.—Of vultures' and eagles' talons, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63.—Prov.: toto corpore atque omnibus ungulis, i. e., as we say,with tooth and nail, with might and main,Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 56.
* Transf.
* Poet., a horse: cum carceribus missos rapit ungula currus,Hor. S. 1, 1, 114; Mart. 12, 50, 5.
* An aromatic spice, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 21.
* Lit., a hoof, claw, talon; of a horse: totam quatit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 231 Vahl.); Verg. A. 8, 596; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11.—Of a swine, Cato, R. R. 158, 1; Cels. 2, 17; 4, 14.—Of oxen: bisulca,Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72.—Of the claws of hens, Plaut. Aul. 3. 4, 8.—Of vultures' and eagles' talons, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63.—Prov.: toto corpore atque omnibus ungulis, i. e., as we say,with tooth and nail, with might and main,Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 56.
* Transf.
* Poet., a horse: cum carceribus missos rapit ungula currus,Hor. S. 1, 1, 114; Mart. 12, 50, 5.
* An aromatic spice, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 21.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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