ungularum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ungula, ungulae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
hoof; bird claw/talon; (torture); toe nail; pig's foot/trotter (food/medicine);
gen. pl.
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...stimulus in manust. agite equi, facitote sonitus ungularum appareat, cursu celeri facite inflexa sit pedum pernicitas. SEN. Mihin..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Hiberna quamuis Arctos et rudis Peuce et ungularum pulsibus calens Hister fractus cornu iam ter inprobo Rhenus teneat..."
