cicera

διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cĭcĕra: ae, f.,
I pulse similar to the chickpea, chickling-vetch: Lathyrus cicera, Linn.; Col. 2, 11, 1; 2, 11, 12; Pall. Mart. 6.

cĭcĕra, æ, f., gesse [légume] : Col. Rust. 2, 10, 24.

cicera, ae, f., eine Hülsenfrucht, der Kicher ähnlich, die Platterbse, ital. cece (Lathyrus Cicera, L.), Col. 2, 10, 24. Pallad. 4, 6.

cicera cicerae N F :: chickling vetch; (Latyrus?)