inguen

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

inguen, inis, n. (also late Lat. inguĭna, ae, f., Isid. 4, 6, 19), the front part of the body between the hips.

I Lit.

A The groin.Sing. , Cels. 7, 20: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, Verg. G. 3, 281; more freq. plur.: candida succincta inguina (Scylla), id. E. 6, 75: ventrem atque inguina hausit, Liv. 7, 10, 10; Cels. 3, 5 al.—

B The privy members , Ov. F. 2, 346; Hor. S. 1, 2, 26; 116; Juv. 6, 370 al.—

C A swelling in the groin , Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 360 Müll.; Cels. 3, 5; also a swelling on the knee , Fronto ad Marc. Caes. 5, ep. 44 Mai.—

D The abdomen : legenti suffodit inguina, Suet. Dom. 17; Stat. Th. 6, 900. —

II Transf., of plants, the place where a branch is joined to the stem , Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163; 17, 21, 35, § 153.

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