gelicidium

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gĕlĭcĭdĭum: ii, n. gelu-cado,
I frost, κρυμός> (mostly in plur): si gelicidia erunt, cum oleam coges, Cato, R. R. 65, 2; so plur., Col. 2, 8, 3; 3, 1, 7; 11, 3 fin.; Vitr. 2, 7 med.: nocturna, night-frosts, Col. 11, 2, 6.— In sing., Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2.