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Webster 1913 Edition

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(kū̍-năb′ū̍-lȧ)

Noun.

pl.

[L., a cradle, earliest abode, fr.

cunae

cradle.]

The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals;

as, the

cunabula

of the human race

(Bibliography)

The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.

cunabula pl ‎(plural only)

The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals.
the cunabula of the human race
The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.

cūnābula

cunabula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cunabula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cunabula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.