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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fĕmur</b>: ŏris or ĭnis (acc. to a nom. ‡ [[femen]], mentioned [[only]] by Prisc. p. 701 P. and Serv. Verg. A. 10, 344; 778; nom. femus, Ap. M. 8, p. 216, 15; cf.: μῆρος, femus, Gloss. Lab.; dat. femori; femini [[only]] Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 217; abl. [[usually]] femore, [[but]] femine, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 48; Verg. A. 10, 788; plur. femora or [[femina]]; dat. feminibus, [[rarely]] femoribus), n. etym. dub.; cf. [[root]] feo of [[femina]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[upper]] [[part]] of the [[thigh]], the [[thigh]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ima [[spina]] in coxarum osse desinit, etc. ... [[inde]] [[femina]] oriuntur, Cels. 8, 1 med.: [[frons]] non percussa, non [[femur]], Cic. Brut. 80, 278: ferit [[femur]] dextrum [[dextra]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 50: [[femur]] caedere, Quint. 2, 12, 10: ferire, id. 11, 3, 123; cf.: feminis plangore et capitis ictu uti, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27; Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99; id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93: [[transfixus]] femore et umero, Suet. Caes. 68; id. Aug. 80: nocet femori conseruisse [[femur]], Tib. 1, 8, 26: et [[corpus]] quaerens femorum crurumque pedumque, Ov. M. 14, 64: teretes stipites feminis crassitudine, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6: ocius ensem eripit a femine, Verg. A. 10, 788: galli feminibus pilosis, cruribus brevibus, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In [[architecture]], the [[space]] [[between]] the grooves of a [[triglyph]], Vitr. 4, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Femur bubulum, a [[plant]] [[otherwise]] [[unknown]], Plin. 27, 9, 56, § 81.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Esp., [[like]] lumbi, the loins, of [[ancestry]] (Eccl. Lat.): de femore Jacob, Vulg. Ex. 1, 5; id. Gen. 46, 26.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fĕmŭr</b>,¹¹ ŏris, n., cuisse : Pl. Mil. 204 ; Cels. Med. 8, 1 ; Cic. Br. 278 ; Cæs. G. 7, 73, 6 &#124;&#124; cuisse de triglyphe : Vitr. Arch. 4, 3 &#124;&#124; [[femur]] bubulum : Plin. 27, 81, plante inconnue. Cæs. et Cic. emploient le gén. de [[femen]] ; Cic. a feminibus abl. pl. et femore abl. sing.||cuisse de triglyphe : Vitr. Arch. 4, 3||[[femur]] bubulum : Plin. 27, 81, plante inconnue. Cæs. et Cic. emploient le gén. de [[femen]] ; Cic. a feminibus abl. pl. et femore abl. sing.
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{{Georges
|georg=femur, femoris u. gew. (v. veralteten [[femen]]), feminis, n., I) der Oberschenkel, das [[Dickbein]], a) eig.: [[femur]] [[utrumque]], Caes.: [[femur]] [[inferius]], [[superius]], Cels.: [[femur]] et [[crus]] sinistrum, Suet.: [[femur]] Apollinis, Cic.: [[femur]] leporis, Hasenschlegel, Mart.: [[frons]] [[non]] percussa, [[non]] [[femur]], Cic.: [[femur]] icere, Plaut., ferire, Plaut. u. Quint., caedere, Quint.: [[femina]] plangere, Cic. fr. – b) meton., das männliche [[Glied]], [[quod]] [[illud]] [[signaculum]] feminis (die Beschneidung) [[non]] profuit, Cypr. test. 1, 8 extr. – II) übtr.: a) [[als]] botan. t. t., [[femur]] bubulum, eine [[uns]] unbekannte [[Pflanze]], Plin. 27, 81. – b) [[als]] t. t. der Baukunst, an den dorischen Säulen, der [[Schenkel]] [[des]] Dreischlitzes, der [[Steg]], Vitr. 4, 3, 5. – / Über den Genet. feminis etc. s. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 1, 834 f. u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 272. – Nomin. [[femus]], Apul. [[met]]. 8, 31 ([[zweimal]]); vgl. Gloss. › [[μηρός]], [[femus]]‹; [[nach]] Serv. Verg. Aen. 10, 344 ungebr. – Nomin. [[femen]] [[ohne]] [[Beleg]] angef. [[bei]] Prisc. 6, 52. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 92, 3. [[Caper]] [[bei]] Serv. Verg. Aen. 10, 344; [[dagegen]] [[als]] ungebr. bezeichnet [[bei]] [[Charis]]. 131, 2.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=femur feminis N N :: thigh (human/animal); flat vertical band on triglyph; [~ bubulum => plant]<br />femur femur femoris N N :: thigh (human/animal); flat vertical band on triglyph; [~ bubulum => plant]
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