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cunabula

cunabula, a cradle

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cūnabula, ōrum, n.: a cradle; birthplace, 3.105. (cūnae, cradle)
cūnābŭla, ōrum, n. [cunae], 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, Ap. Met. 2, 31, 5; juris, Dig. 1, 2, 2.

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