I.a loin.
I. Lit.: “At Edepol nos (velimus) tibi in lumbos linguam atque oculos in solum (decidisse),” Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 68: “exporgi meliust lumbos,” id. Ps. prol. 24 (1); “id. Ep. Grex, 2: lumborum tenus,” Cic. Arat. 82: usque ad lumbos, Quint. 11, 3, 131: “nautaeque caput lumbosque saligno Fuste dolat,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 22: “aprugnus,” Plin. 8, 57, 78, § 210; 20, 3, 8, § 14: “magno premit populus agmine lumbos,” Juv. 3, 244.—As food: “caprigeni lumbi,” Macr. S. 2, 9, 12.—Prov.: “lumbis patris habere se putat digitos grossiores, said of those who regard themselves as superior to their forefathers (cf. 1 Kings, 12, 10),” Hier. Ep. 82, n. 3.—
II. Transf.
A. The genital organs, Pers. 1, 20; 4, 35; Juv. 9, 59.—Hence, in eccl. Lat.: “in lumbis patris,” yet unborn, Vulg. Heb. 7, 10: “reges de lumbis tuis egredientur,” id. Gen. 35, 11. —
B. That part of a vine from which the branches spring, Col. Arbor. 3; Plin. 17, 23, 35, n. 26, § 210.
