The corpus record — Latin

ciccus

ciccus · m

the thin membrane surrounding the grains of a pomegranate

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Where it lives

Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k

What it meant

ciccus — Lewis & Short

ciccus, i, m., = ki/kkos,

I 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.

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