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cūnābŭla , ōrum, n. cunae,
I.a cradle.
I. Prop., Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.—Of the resting-place of young animals, Verg. G. 4, 66; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.—
II. Meton.
A. The cradle, i. e. the earliest abode, dwellingplace: “Jovis parvi,” Prop. 3 (4), 1, 27. “gentis nostrae,” Verg. A. 3, 105.—
B. Like our cradle, for birth, origin: “a primis cunabulis,” from earliest childhood, Col. 1, 3, 5: “qui non in cunabulis sed in campo sunt consules facti,” i. e. not by their descent, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100: “a primis cunabulis hujus urbis conditae,” App. M. 2, p. 128, 27: “juris,” Dig. 1, 2, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.36.100
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.105
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.66
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.99
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.36
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.3.5
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