mucro

mucro

mucro, ōnis, m. (vgl. ἀμυκαλή, Pfeilspitze), I) die scharfe, schneidende Spitze, A) eig., a) im allg.: falcis, Colum.: dentis, Plin.: m. cultri, Iuven. – folium mucrone aculeatum, Plin. – b) insbes.: α) die Spitze des Schwertes usw., meton., das Schwert, der Degen, der Dolch, mucro gladii, Plin.: mucrone subrecto, Liv.: in se mucrone verso, Liv. epit.: nisi mucrones etiam nostrorum militum tremere vultis, Cic.: mucrones stringere, Verg. u. Tac. – β) die Pflugschar, bildl. v. der Spitze des Schreibgriffels, vertamus vomerem, in cera mucrone aeque aremus osseo, Atta com. 13. p. 162 R.2 – B) bildl., die Spitze, Schneide, Schärfe, defensionis tuae, Cic.: pugnatorius mucro, Sen. rhet.: ingenii, Quint.: totius ductus quasi mucro, Pointe, Quint.: nisi mucronem aliquem tribunicium exacuisset in nos, Cic. – II) übtr., die Spitze = das Äußerste, die Grenze, das Ende, anceps, Lucr. 2, 520: faucium (der engen Straße), Plin. 6, 38. – / Abl. Sing. auch mucroni, Lucr. 2, 520.


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