characias

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

chărăcĭas, ae, m., = χαρακίας.

I Eit for making poles or stakes : calamus, a kind of reed , Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.—

II A name of a plant , wolf’s-milk , Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes , ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.