Ἡ φύσις ἑκάστῳ τοῦ γένους ἐστὶν πατρίς → Natura generi cuique tamquam patria est → Die Heimat seiner Art ist jedem die Natur
cīris: is, f., = κεῖρις>,
I a bird (acc. to Hyg. Fab. 198, a fish = κίρρις, Etym. M.), into which Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, was changed, Ov. M. 8, 151; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.