gelicidium

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

gĕlĭcĭdĭum, ii, n. [gelu-cado],

frost , κρυμός (mostly in plur ): si gelicidia erunt, cum oleam coges, Cato R. R. 65, 2; so plur., Col. 2, 8, 3; 3, 1, 7; 11, 3 fin. ; Vitr. 2, 7 med. : nocturna, night-frosts , Col. 11, 2, 6.— In sing., Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2.