fetura

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

fētūra (foet-), ae, f. [2. fetus], a bringing forth, bearing or dropping of young, a breeding (rare but class.).

I Lit.: secunda pars est de fetura. Nunc appello feturam a conceptu ad partum ... Altera pars est in fetura, quae sint observanda, quod alia alio tempore parere soleat, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 sq.: humana pastorum, id. ib. 2, 10, 6: aetas (bovis) feturae habilis, fit for breeding , Verg. G. 3, 62: si fetura gregem suppleverit, id. E. 7, 36.—

B Transf.

1 Concr., young , offspring , brood : alios dies ad ubertatem lactis feturaeque servanto, * Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: minor, Ov. M. 13, 827: optima gallinarum ante vernum aequinoctium, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 150.—

2 Transf., of young vines : ut omnis fetura sub eo exeat, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.— *

II Trop., the production of a literary work: libri nati apud me proximā feturā, Plin. H. N. praef. § 1.

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