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Sophocles, Antigone, 277

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fīcārĭus: a, um, adj. ficus,
I of or belonging to figs, fig-: crates, Cato, R. R. 48, 2: culices, Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 118: vasa, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ‡ ORCA, p. 180 Müll.: Fauni (perh. so called on account of their rank luxuriance), Hier. Iesai. 5, 13, 21.—
II Subst.: fīcārĭa, ae, f., a fig plantation, Pall. 4, 10, 28.—
   2    An island near Sardinia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 34.