caecilia

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

caecĭlĭa, ae, f.

I A kind of lizard , Col. 6, 17, 1; 6, 17, 4; Veg. 4, 21, 1 (in Plin. 9, 51, 76, § 166: caecus serpens); now Ital. cecella; Sard. cicigna.—

II A kind of lettuce , Col. 10, 190; cf. Caecilius, II. B.

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