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LNS

inguen, inguinis

inguen, inguina

noun (n., 3^rd declension)

the front part of the body between the hips
The groin
The privy members
A swelling in the groin
The abdomen
the place where a branch is joined to the stem

Abbreviations

inguen, inis, n. (also late Lat. ingui-na, ae, f., Isid. 4, 6, 19), the front part of the body between the hips. Lit. The groin.

— Sing., Cels. 7, 20: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, Verg. G. 3, 281; more freq. plur.: candida succincta inguina (Scylla), id. E. 6, 75: ventrem atque inguina hausit, Liv. 7, 10, 10; Cels. 3, 5 al.

— The privy members, Ov. F. 2, 346; Hor. S. 1, 2, 26; 116; Juv. 6, 370 al.

— A swelling in the groin, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 360 Mull.; Cels. 3, 5; also a swelling on the knee, Fronto ad Marc. Caes. 5, ep. 44 Mai.

— The abdomen: legenti suffodit inguina, Suet. Dom. 17; Stat. Th. 6, 900.

— Transf., of plants, the place where a branch is joined to the stem, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163; 17, 21, 35, § 153.