cūnābŭla, ōrum, n. [cunae], a cradle.
I Prop., Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.—Of the resting-place of young animals, Verg. G. 4, 66; Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.—
II Meton.
A The cradle , i. e. the earliest abode, dwellingplace : Jovis parvi, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 27: gentis nostrae, Verg. A. 3, 105.—
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, Ap. Met. 2, 31, 5; juris, Dig. 1, 2, 2.