falco

ōnis, m.

v. flecto

I. a falcon.
I. Lit., Serv. Verg. A. 10, 146; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 57 al.—
II. Transf.: falcones dicuntur, quorum digiti pollices in pedibus intro sunt curvati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 8 Müll.; cf. falcula, II. A.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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