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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=volva volvae N F :: womb; (esp. sow's womb)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>volva</b>: or [[vulva]], ae, f. [[volvo]],<br /><b>I</b> a wrapper, [[covering]], integument.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: fungorum, Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93: pomorum, i. e. the [[seed]]-[[covering]], Scrib. Comp. 104 fin. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., the [[womb]], [[matrix]] of women and she-animals (syn. [[uterus]]), Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Cels. 4, 1; 4, 20; 5, 21; 5, 25 et saep.; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Juv. 6, 128; Mart. 11, 61, 11; Pers. 4, 35 al.—A [[sow]]'s [[matrix]], as a [[very]] favorite [[dish]], Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 210; Naev. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41; Mart. 13, 56, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>volva</b>, v. [[vulva]].
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{{Georges
|georg=volva ([[auch]] [[vulva]] und [[bei]] Spät. [[bulba]] geschr.), ae, f. ([[volvo]]), I) die [[Hülle]], [[volva]] pomorum, Scrib. Larg. 104: eines Pilzes, Plin. 22, 93. – II) insbes., die Gebärmutter [[bei]] Menschen und [[bei]] Tieren, die [[Tasche]], Cels., Sen. u.a.: [[bes]]. die [[Tasche]] [[einer]] [[Sau]], [[bei]] den Alten [[ein]] [[Leckerbissen]], Hor., Plin. u.a. – / Vulg. [[Form]] [[bulba]], Edict. Diocl. 4, 4.
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