caprificatio

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

căprĭfīcātĭo, ōnis, f. [caprifico],

a ripening of figs by the stinging of the gallinsect , Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 81; 17, 27, 43, § 254.