Vagina, vagínæ, f. g. pe. prod. A sheath: a scabberd: a couering: a case.Caua vagina. Vir. Eburna vagina. Vir. Deripere ensem vagina.Ouid.To draw a sword.Ducere ferrum vagina.Ouid. Idem. Educere gladium èvagina.Cic. Idem. Eripere ferrum vagina. Vir. Idem. Ensem liberare vagina.Ouid. Idem. Ensis tectus vagina. Hor. A sword in the scabbd.Membranæ & vaginæ viscerum. Pli. The skins and couerings of the bowels.Vagina frumenti. Ci. The hose that corne shooteth out of.Frumentum dicunt quindecim diebus esse in vaginis. Var. In vaginas corporis, vnguium mucrones condÛt feræ. Plin. They bide the toppes of their tallons and nayles in their bodies as in a sheath.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vāgīna, ae, f. [cf. vas], a scabbard, sheath.I.Lit., of a sword, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; id. Marcell. 7, 57; Caes. B. G. 5, 44; Verg. A. 4, 579; 6, 260; 10, 475; Hor. S. 2, 1, 41; Ov. M. 10, 475; Val. Max. 8, 9, 2: (delphinus) pinnae aculeos velut vagina condens, Plin. 9, 8, 8, 25; cf. id. 8, 15, 17, 41; 7, 52, 53, 174; 11, 37, 77, 198.—Trop.: senatus consultum inclusum in tabulis tamquam in vaginā reconditum habere, Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4: ut gladius ... ita vox in vaginā silentii condita hebetatur, App. Flor. 3, p. 357, 32.—II.Transf., the covering, sheath, holder of any thing. 1. In gen.: omnia principalia viscera membranis propriis ac velut vaginis inclusit natura, Plin. 11, 37, 77, 198; cf.: cremato eo (corpore), inimici ... remeanti animae veluti vaginam ademerint, id. 7, 52, 53, 174.—2.The sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1 sq.; Cic. Sen. 15, 51.—Cf. of a frame or mould to shape a growing gourd, Plin. 19, 5, 24, 70.—3.The female vagina, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85.—4.The sheath of a claw, in cats, Plin. 8, 15, 17, 41.