femur
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
Latin > English
femur feminis N N :: thigh (human/animal); flat vertical band on triglyph; [~ bubulum => plant]
femur femur femoris N N :: thigh (human/animal); flat vertical band on triglyph; [~ bubulum => plant]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fĕmur: 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.,
I the upper part of the thigh, the thigh.
I 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.—
II Transf.
A In architecture, the space between the grooves of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3.—
B Femur bubulum, a plant otherwise unknown, Plin. 27, 9, 56, § 81.—
C Esp., like lumbi, the loins, of ancestry (Eccl. Lat.): de femore Jacob, Vulg. Ex. 1, 5; id. Gen. 46, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fĕmŭr,¹¹ ŏris, n., cuisse : Pl. Mil. 204 ; Cels. Med. 8, 1 ; Cic. Br. 278 ; Cæs. G. 7, 73, 6 || 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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.3 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.
