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1 uncus
1. I.In gen., Liv. 30, 10, 16; Col. 3, 18, 2:II.ferrei,
Cato, R. R. 10; 13.—As an attribute of Necessitas, Hor. C. 1, 35, 20.— Poet., an anchor, Val. Fl. 2, 428.—In partic.A.A hook that was fastened to the neck of condemned criminals, and by which they were dragged to the Tiber, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. rab. Perd. 5, 16; Ov. Ib. 168; Juv. 10, 66; cf.:B.et bene cum fixum mento discusseris uncum, Nil erit hoc: rostro te premet ansa suo,
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 141. —A surgical instrument, Cels. 7, 29.2.uncus, a, um, adj. [1. uncus], hooked, bent in, crooked, curved, barbed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;II.syn.: curvus, recurvus): uncus hamus,
Ov. M. 15, 476;also called unca aera,
id. P. 2, 7, 10:cornua (tauri),
Prop. 2, 5, 19:aratrum,
Verg. G. 1, 19; Ov. M. 5, 341; 7, 210; cf.:vomer aratri,
Lucr. 1, 313;also called dens,
Verg. G. 2, 423:pedes (harpyiae),
id. A. 3, 233:ungues,
Lucr. 5, 1322:manus,
Verg. G. 2, 365:digiti,
Col. 7, 11, 2:cauda,
Ov. M. 15, 371:labrum,
Lucr. 4, 588; 5, 1407.—Transf.:unco non alligat ancora morsu,
Verg. A. 1, 169:avis Minervae,
i. e. with crooked beak and talons, Stat. Th. 3, 507; cf.alites,
id. ib. 12, 212.
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