ungula

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Stare adeo miserum est, pereunt vestigia mille Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

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

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór

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

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)

Some have supposed it a poetical imitation of the sound of the trampling of horses, and compare this passage with the celebrated line of Virgil--"Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus