noun

cūnābŭla

gen. cūnābŭlōrum · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

a cradle

a cradle.

resting-place

Prop., Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.—Of the resting-place of young animals, Verg. G. 4, 66; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.—

by metonymy

The cradle; the earliest abode, dwellingplace •

The cradle, i. e. the earliest abode, dwellingplace: Jovis parvi, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 27. gentis nostrae, Verg. A. 3, 105.—

cradle; birth, origin ••

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.

Perseus ID: n11896 Key: cunabula