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Sophocles, Fragment 698

Latin > English

volva volvae N F :: womb; (esp. sow's womb)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

volva: or vulva, ae, f. volvo,
I a wrapper, covering, integument.
I In gen.: fungorum, Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93: pomorum, i. e. the seed-covering, Scrib. Comp. 104 fin. —
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

volva, v. vulva.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.