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|lshtext=<b>inguen</b>: inis, n. (also [[late]] Lat. inguĭ-na, ae, f., Isid. 4, 6, 19),<br /><b>I</b> the [[front]] [[part]] of the [[body]] [[between]] the hips.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The groin.— Sing., Cels. 7, 20: lentum destillat ab inguine [[virus]], Verg. G. 3, 281; [[more]] freq. <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: candida succincta [[inguina]] ([[Scylla]]), id. E. 6, 75: ventrem [[atque]] [[inguina]] hausit, Liv. 7, 10, 10; Cels. 3, 5 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[privy]] members, Ov. F. 2, 346; Hor. S. 1, 2, 26; 116; Juv. 6, 370 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[swelling]] in the groin, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 360 Müll.; Cels. 3, 5; also a [[swelling]] on the [[knee]], [[Fronto]] ad Marc. Caes. 5, ep. 44 Mai.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[abdomen]]: legenti suffodit [[inguina]], Suet. Dom. 17; Stat. Th. 6, 900. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of plants, the [[place]] [[where]] a [[branch]] is joined to the [[stem]], Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163; 17, 21, 35, § 153.