I.bent in the manner of a hook, hooked: nasus, a hooked or aquiline nose, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 18 (on the contr. reduncus nasus, a snub or turned-up nose): serrula adunca ex omni parte dentium et tortuosa, Cic. Clu. 48: “corpuscula curvata et quasi adunca,” id. N. D. 1, 24: “ungues,” id. Tusc. 2, 10: “baculum aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellaverunt,” Liv. 1, 18: “aliis cornua adunca, aliis redunca,” Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125.—Poet.: “magni praepes adunca Jovis,” i. e. the eagle, Ov. F. 6, 196.—Comp., sup., and adv. not used.
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ăd-uncus , a, um, adj.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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