ungula

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The English verse which we call heroic consists of no more than ten syllables; the Latin hexameter sometimes rises to seventeen; as, for example, this verse in Virgil:- "Pulverulenta putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John

The earth shook with the stamping of the hoofs, "Quadrupedante putrem crepitu quatit ungula campum."

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór

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 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

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.