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cūnābŭla, ōrum, n. [cunae], a cradle.

  1. I. Prop., Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.
    Of the resting-place of young animals, Verg. G. 4, 66; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. The cradle, i. e. the earliest abode, dwellingplace: Jovis parvi, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 27: gentis nostrae, Verg. A. 3, 105.
    2. 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.