rānuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [rana].
I Lit., a little frog , a tadpole , porwigle , Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15.—
II Transf., jocosely, of the inhabitants of Ulubrae (as residing in the neighborhood of marshes), Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 3.—
III A medicinal plant , called also batrachion, perh. crowfoot , ranunculus , Plin. 25, 13, 109, § 172; Tert. Spect. 27.