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|lshtext=<b>fībŭla</b>: ([[post]]-[[class]]. contr. [[fibla]], Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952;<br /><b>I</b> plur. heterocl.: [[fibula]], ōrum, n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), ae, f. contr. from figibula, from [[figo]], [[that]] [[which]] serves to [[fasten]] [[two]] things [[together]], a [[clasp]], [[buckle]], [[pin]], [[latchet]], [[brace]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: ubi [[fibula]] vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos [[alba]] capillos, Ov. M. 2, 412; so on [[clothes]] ([[frequently]] [[set]] [[with]] [[gold]] and [[precious]] stones, and given as a [[mark]] of [[honor]] to [[deserving]] soldiers), Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18: [[fibula]] crinem Auro internectat, Verg. A. 7, 815: [[trabes]] binis [[utrimque]] fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5: iligneae, ulmeae, etc., bands, fillets for [[making]] baskets, [[Cato]], R. R. 31, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.: P. Blessus Junium hominem nigrum, et macrum, et pandum, fibulam ferream dixit, Quint. 6, 3, 58.— Trop.: [[sententia]] clavi aliquā vel fibulā terminanda est, [[connection]], [[Fronto]] Laud. Fun. 1: laxare fibulam delictis voluntariis, bonds, fetters, Tert. Cor. Mil. 11.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A surgical [[instrument]] for [[drawing]] [[together]] the lips of a [[wound]], Gr. [[ἀγκτήρ]], Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A stitching-[[needle]] [[drawn]] [[through]] the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16.