cinifes

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

cinifes or cĭnĭphes (cyn-), um, f., = σκνιπες or κνίπες,

a kind of stinging insect (eccl. Lat.), Aug Trin. 3, 7; Hier. in Joel, 2, 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 14.