Definition of fetura, foetura
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1.
LNS
fētūra, fētūrae
(foetūra, foetūrae)
2. fetus
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. a bringing forth, bearing or dropping, a breeding
  2. young, offspring, brood
  3. young vines
  4. the production
Abbreviations
fētūra (foet-), ae, f. 2. fetus, a bringing forth, bearing or dropping of young, a breeding (rare but class.). Lit.: secunda pars est de fetura. Nunc appello feturam a conceptu ad partum ... Altera pars est in fetura, quae sint observanda, quod alia alio tempore parere soleat, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 sq.: humana pastorum, id. ib. 2, 10, 6: aetas (bovis) feturae habilis, fit for breeding, Verg. G. 3, 62: si fetura gregem suppleverit, id. E. 7, 36.

— Transf. Concr., young, offspring, brood: alios dies ad ubertatem lactis feturaeque servanto, * Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20: minor, Ov. M. 13, 827: optima gallinarum ante vernum aequinoctium, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 150.

— Transf., of young vines: ut omnis fetura sub eo exeat, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.

— * Trop., the production of a literary work: libri nati apud me proximā feturā, Plin. H. N. praef. § 1.
 
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