aprugnus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ā̆prūgnus (also ā̆prūnus), a, um, adj. [aper],

I of or belonging to the wild boar : aprugnum callum, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 4 Ritschl; cf. id. Poen. 3, 2, 2: aprunus adeps, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 167 Jan: lumbus, id. 8, 51, 78, § 210.

II —Hence, ā̆prūgna ( ā̆prūna ), ae, f. (sc. caro), the flesh of a wild boar , Capitol. Max. Jun. 2.—A secondary form, ā̆prūgĭnĕus , a, um, Sol. 32.