scabbard
scabbard
subs.
P. and V. κολεός, ὁ (Xen.), V. περῐβολαί, αἱ.
subs.
P. and V. κολεός, ὁ (Xen.), V. περῐβολαί, αἱ.
SCABBARD
vagina: to draw a sword out of the scabbard gladium e vagina educere (Cic.); telum vagina nudare (Nep.): to put up into the scabbard gladium in vaginam recondere (Cic. Cat. 1 2 4); gladium vaginae reddere (Val.Max.).
vagina: to draw a sword out of the scabbard gladium e vagina educere (Cic.); telum vagina nudare (Nep.): to put up into the scabbard gladium in vaginam recondere (Cic. Cat. 1 2 4); gladium vaginae reddere (Val.Max.).
scabbard: vāgīna: an ivory s., v. eburnea, Virg. Aen. 9, 305 (also poet. simply ebur, Ov. M. 4, 148): to draw the sword from the s., gladium e vagina educere, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; vagina eripere ensem, Virg. Aen. 4, 379; telum vagina nudare, Nep. Dat. 11, 4: to put back the sword into the s., gladium in vaginam recondere, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: a sword laid by in the s., gladius in vagina reconditus, id. Cat. 1, 2, 4. (N.B.--Plin. employs the dimin. vaginula in the sense of a small husk.)
Scabbard
See vagina.