noun

fētūra

gen. fētūrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(), , 2. fetus

a bringing forth; bearing; dropping

a bringing forth, bearing or dropping of young, a breeding (rare but class.).

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Lit.: secunda pars est de fetura. Nunc appello feturam a conceptu ad partum ... Altera pars est in fetura, quae sint observanda, quod alia alio tempore parere soleat, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 sq.: humana pastorum, id. ib. 2, 10, 6: aetas (bovis) feturae habilis, fit for breeding, Verg. G. 3, 62: si fetura gregem suppleverit, id. E. 7, 36.—

by extension

young; offspring; brood •

Concr., young, offspring, brood: alios dies ad ubertatem lactis feturaeque servanto, * Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: minor, Ov. M. 13, 827: optima gallinarum ante vernum aequinoctium, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 150.—

young vines by extension •

Transf., of young vines: ut omnis fetura sub eo exeat, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.— *

the production figuratively

Trop., the production of a literary work: libri nati apud me proximā feturā, Plin. H. N. praef. § 1.

Perseus ID: n18061 Key: fetura