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jŭba , ae, f.,
I.the flowing hair on the neck of an animal, the mane.
I. Lit.: “equi,Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: huic equus ille jubam quatiens, Cic. N. D. poet. 2, 43, 111: “equorum jubae,Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 142: “luduntque jubae per colla, per armos,Verg. A. 11, 497.—
B. Transf., the hair of the head, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; the hairy neck of dogs, Val. Fl. 6, 111; the crest of serpents, id. 8, 88; the crest of a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785; the comb or tuft of feathers on the head of cocks and other birds, Col. 8, 2, 10; the tail of a comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89; the foliage of trees, id. 6, 22, 24, § 87: “mullorum,the beards, Juv. 6, 40.— *
II. Trop., of the historic style of writing: “hanc (orationem) saepius ossa, musculi, nervi: illam (historiam) tori quidam, et quasi jubae decent,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.
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