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ericius

From LSJ

Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Latin > English

ericius erici(i) N M :: hedgehog; beam thickly studded with iron spikes as a military barrier

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ērĭcĭus: ii, m. er,
I a hedgehog, urchin.
I Prop., Varr. ap. Non. 49, 10, and 106, 18; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 3, 7; Vulg. Isa. 14, 23; 34, 11 (as translation of Heb. kipōd, which was probably a bird—perh. the bittern. But the LXX. and Gesenius, Thes. Heb. s. v., sustain the Vulgate).—
II Transf., in milit. lang., a beam armed with sharp spikes to keep off assailants, Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 5 and 6; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 555, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ērĭcĭus,¹⁵ v. hericius.

Latin > German (Georges)

ēricius, iī, m. (er), I) der Igel, Varro sat. Men. 490. Vulg. Isai. 14, 23; 34, 11 u. 15 (wo cod. Amiat. iricius). Vulg. Sophon. 2, 14. Isid. 12, 3, 7. Vgl. Gloss. ›iricius, εχινος‹. – II) ein starker Balken mit eisernen Zacken, zum Abhalten der Feinde, ein spanischer Reiter, Caes. b. c. 3, 67, 5: militaris, Sall. hist. fr. 3, 22 (23).

Translations

hedgehog

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