inunco

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

ĭn-unco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. uncus], to hook, catch with hooks; to clutch, seize, grasp (ante- and post-class.).

I Lit.: aquila unguibus agnum, leporem, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 349, 9; Col. 7, 3, 10.—

II Transf.: nummos, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 124, 16.