ciccus

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

ciccus, i, m., = κίκκος,

the thin membrane surrounding the grains of a pomegranate; hence for something unimportant , worthless , a trifle , bagatelle , Varr. L. L. 7, § 91; cf. Fest. p. 42, 10 Müll.: ciccum non interduim, I would not give a straw , Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 22; id. ap. Varr. l. l.; cf. Aus. Idyll. praef. 13.