cunnus

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

cunnus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. çushi, ditch; Gr. κυσός], the female pudenda.

I Prop., Mart. 1, 90, 7; 3, 72, 6; 3, 81, 4; Auct. Priap. 28, 5.—Also of animals: mulae, Cat. 96, 6. —

II Transf., of the person, an unchaste female , Hor. S. 1, 2, 36; 1, 3, 107; Auct. Priap. 69, 1 al.—As an obscene word, avoided acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154; id. Fam. 9, 22, 3.

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