Fibula, fibulæ, pen. cor. Virg. Plin. A buckle: a tach:: a claspe. In building, a brace to fasten beames. In masonrie, a crampon or yron hooke to holde square stones togither, also a hasp: a little hooye or ring of brasse. A surgeons instrument to close woundes.Ferrea sibula. Quint. An yron hooke.Rasis hinc summam mordebat fibula vestem.Ouid.Fibulis aureis donabantur antiquitus milites.Liu.Taches.Fibulis tigna coniuncta. Cæs. Principall postes ioined togither with braces.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fībŭla (post-class. contr. fibla, Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952; plur. heterocl.: fibula, ōrum, n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), ae, f. [contr. from figibula, from figo], that which serves to fasten two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace.I. In gen. A.Lit.: ubi fibula vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos, Ov. M. 2, 412; so on clothes (frequently set with gold and precious stones, and given as a mark of honor to deserving soldiers), Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18: fibula crinem Auro internectat, Verg. A. 7, 815: trabes binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5: iligneae, ulmeae, etc.,
bands
,
fillets for making baskets
, Cato, R. R. 31, 1.—B.Transf.: P. Blessus Junium hominem nigrum, et macrum, et pandum, fibulam ferream dixit, Quint. 6, 3, 58.— Trop.: sententia clavi aliquā vel fibulā terminanda est,
connection
, Fronto Laud. Fun. 1: laxare fibulam delictis voluntariis,
bonds
,
fetters
, Tert. Cor. Mil. 11.—II. In partic. A.A surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound, Gr. a)gkth/r, Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.—B.A stitching-needle drawn through the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16.
