acinus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăcĭnus, i, m., and ăcĭnum, i, n., partic. in plur. acina, orum (also ăcĭna, ae, f., Cat. 27, 4).

I A berry , esp. the grape , Col. 11, 2, 60; also: hederae sambucique, Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100 sq.: cissanthemi, ib. 25, § 116: ligustri, ib. 24, 74: trychni, ib. 21, § 177.—

II Per meton., the stone of a berry , Cic. Sen. 15, 52.

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