cunae

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun
(usually plural)


 * 1) * 8, Ovid, Fasti, book 6, line 167:
 * "la"
 * "la"

- Post illud nec aves cunas violasse feruntur,/ Et rediit puero, qui fuit ante, color.
 * 1) * after 8, Ovid, Tristia, book 3, elegy 12, line 10:
 * "la"
 * 1) * after 8, Ovid, Tristia, book 3, elegy 12, line 10:
 * "la"

- Utque malae crimen matris deponat hirundo,/ Sub trabibus cunas, parvaque tecta facit.


 * 1)   or early childhood, ;
 * 2) * 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 3, line 313:
 * "la"

- Furtim illum primis Ino matertera cunis/ Educat. inde datum Nymphae Nyseïdes antris/ Occuluere suis, lactisque alimenta dedere.


 * 1) * 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 9, line 67:
 * "la"

- Cunarum labor est angues superare mearum,/ Dixit: et, ut vincas alios, Acheloë, dracones,/ Pars quota Lernaeae serpens eris unus Echidnae?

Usage notes
Although the singular forms (see ) do exist in Classical Latin, they were rarely used. The plural was normally used for a singular object.