ĭn-unco

āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

2. uncus

I. to hook, catch with hooks; to clutch, seize, grasp (ante- and post-class.).
I. Lit.: aquila unguibus agnum, leporem, App. Flor. 2, p. 349, 9; Ccl. 7, 3, 10.—
II. Transf.: nummos, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 124, 16.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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