ricinus
From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rīcīnus: a, um, adj. id.,
I veiled: mitra, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 26.
rĭcĭnus: i, m.
I A large kind of vermin that infests sheep, dogs, etc., a tick, tike, Cato, R. R. 96, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 14; Col. 7, 13, 1; 6, 2, 6; Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 47; Petr. 57; Ser. Samm. 36, 699.—
II A plant, called also cici and croton, Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 25.—
III The germ of the mulberry: ricino Graeci vocant, Plin. 23, 7, 71, § 137.
