fētūra — Lewis & Short
fētūra (foet-), ae, f.2. fetus,
I a bringing forth, bearing or dropping of young, a breeding (rare but class.).
I Lit.:
secunda pars est de fetura. Nunc appello feturam a conceptu ad partum ... Altera pars est in fetura, quae sint observanda, quod alia alio tempore parere soleat, etc.,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 sq.:
humana pastorum,id. ib. 2, 10, 6:
aetas (bovis) feturae habilis,fit for breeding, Verg. G. 3, 62:
si fetura gregem suppleverit,id. E. 7, 36.—
B Transf.
1 Concr., young, offspring, brood: alios dies ad ubertatem lactis feturaeque servanto, * Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20:
minor,Ov. M. 13, 827:
optima gallinarum ante vernum aequinoctium,Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 150.—
2 Transf., of young vines:
ut omnis fetura sub eo exeat,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.— *
II Trop., the production of a literary work: libri nati apud me proximā feturā, Plin. H. N. praef. § 1.