verb
ĭn-unco
Meaning
- to hook
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.