ungula

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The horses are better; there is the dash of high venture in them; they have snuffed battle; their limbs are suppled to a bounding gallop,—as where in the Æneid, "Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

Onomatopœia is the suiting of sound to sense; as,— quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campum, 'And shake with horny hoofs the solid ground.'

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

In another famous onomatopoeic line— "Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum" —Virgil imitates the sound of a galloping horse, and the shaking of the ground beneath its hoofs.

From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.

The Governor's life-guard, in splendid uniform, prancing to and fro, 'Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.'

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Center of gravity of an ungula and semi-cylinder.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.