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cūna, ae, v. cunae.
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, App. M. 2, p. 128, 27: juris, Dig. 1, 2, 2.
cūnae, ārum (cūna, ae, Prud. Dipt. 112), f., a cradle.
- I. Prop.: tune etiam cubitare solitu’s in cunis puer? Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 81: opus est cunis, incunabulis, id. Truc. 5, 13; Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; Quint. 1, 1, 21; Ov. F. 6, 167; id. M. 10, 392; Pers. 2, 31; Juv. 6, 89; Mart. 11, 39, 1; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.
Of the nests of young birds, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 10.
- II. Meton., like our cradle, for birth or earliest childhood, Ov. M. 3, 313; 9, 67; cf. cunabula, II. B.