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Noun [English]

Etymology: Latin cūnābula (“cradle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cūnābula||cradle}} Latin cūnābula (“cradle”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} cunabula pl (plural only), {{tlb|en|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals. Tags: obsolete, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cunabula-en-noun-v34pEtZL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 76 24 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 65 35
  2. The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century. Tags: obsolete, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cunabula-en-noun-xeTOpWmA

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [kuːˈnaː.bʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [kuˈnaː.bu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cūnae Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -(ā)bula Latin cūnābula From cūnae (“cradle”) + -(ā)bula (nominal suffix denoting vessels or places). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|cūnae<t:cradle>|-bulum<alt:-(ā)bula><pos:nominal suffix denoting vessels or places>|text=+|title=cūnābula|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin cūnae Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -(ā)bula Latin cūnābula [cradle]]", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cūnae", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "-(ā)bula", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "instrumental suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bulum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "nominal suffix denoting vessels or places" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cūnābula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="cūnābula"> From cūnae (“cradle”) + -(ā)bula (nominal suffix denoting vessels or places). Head templates: {{la-noun|cūnābula<2>}} cūnābula n pl (genitive cūnābulōrum); second declension, {{tlb|la|plurale tantum}} (plural only) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cūnābula<2>}} Forms: cūnābula [canonical, neuter, plural], cūnābulōrum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cūnābula [nominative, plural], cūnābulōrum [genitive, plural], cūnābulīs [dative, plural], cūnābula [accusative, plural], cūnābulīs [ablative, plural], cūnābula [plural, vocative], cūnābulum [alternative, Late-Latin]
  1. cradle Tags: declension-2, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cunabula-la-noun-sacEhzvO Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -bulum Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bulum: 31 30 20 19
  2. (metonymic) nest of living things Tags: declension-2, metonymically, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cunabula-la-noun-tL-4~v80 Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin pluralia tantum, Latin terms suffixed with -bulum Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 8 7 41 14 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 7 5 42 14 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 6 3 45 14 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 8 8 39 14 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 30 7 7 41 14 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 9 63 22 6 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 12 62 22 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 12 62 22 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 3 72 22 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 57 19 6 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 25 34 19 21 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 12 55 22 11 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bulum: 31 30 20 19
  3. (metonymic) earliest abode, primary dwelling-place Tags: declension-2, metonymically, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cunabula-la-noun-aYCI-TMD Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Latin terms suffixed with -bulum Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bulum: 31 30 20 19
  4. (metonymic) birth, origin Tags: declension-2, metonymically, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cunabula-la-noun-ZhLHvdD9 Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Latin terms suffixed with -bulum Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -bulum: 31 30 20 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incūnābula
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Latin nouns",
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "word": "incūnābula"
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          "cunabulis#Latin"
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          "cūnābula",
          "cunabula#Latin"
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          "english": "Who, when he was in his cradle (being brought up in Solonium, which is a district of the territories of Lanuvium)---a light being located nearby, his nurse woke up and saw the sleeping boy entwined in the coils of a snake.",
          "ref": "45 BCE, Cicero, De divinatione 1.79",
          "text": "Qui cum esset in cunabulis educareturque in Solonio, qui est campus agri Lanuvini; noctu lumine apposito, experrecta nutrix animadvertit puerum dormientem circumplicatum serpentis amplexu.",
          "translation": "Who, when he was in his cradle (being brought up in Solonium, which is a district of the territories of Lanuvium)---a light being located nearby, his nurse woke up and saw the sleeping boy entwined in the coils of a snake.",
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          "roman": "Intima more suo sese in cunabula condent.",
          "text": "Ipsae consident medicatis sedibus, ipsae",
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        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 10.99",
          "text": "Nec vero iis minor solertia, quae cunabula in terra faciunt, corporis gravitate prohibitae sublime petere.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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        }
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          "ref": "30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegiae 3.1.27",
          "text": "Idaeum Simoenta Iovis cunabula parvi?",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 3.104–105",
          "roman": "Mons Idaeus ubi, et gentis cunabula nostrae.",
          "text": "Creta Iovis magni medio iacet insula ponto,",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, De lege agraria 2.100",
          "text": "Nam cum omnium consulum gravis in republica custodienda cura ac diligentia debet esse, tum eorum maxime, qui non in cunabulis, sed in campo sunt consules facti.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 1.3",
          "text": "quod facit, qui nequam vicinum suis numis parat, cum a primis cunabulis, si modo liberis parentibus est oriundus, audisse potuerit, [...].",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.31",
          "text": "Dies a primis cunabulis huius urbis conditus crastinus advenit, quo die soli mortalium sanctissimum deum Risum hilaro atque gaudiali ritu propitiamus.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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      "ipa": "[kuːˈnaː.bʊ.ɫa]",
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      "ipa": "[kuˈnaː.bu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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