uncīnus

i, m.

1. uncus

I. a hook, barb (late Lat. for 1. uncus), App. M. 3, p. 135, 39; Pall. Mart. 10, 29; Vnlg. Exod. 28, 13. —As adj.: hamus, Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 270.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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