The corpus record — Latin

cicindela

cicindela · f

a glowworm

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

cicindēla — Lewis & Short

cicindēla, ae, f.candela,

I a glowworm, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 250; cf. Fest. p. 42, 13 Müll.

In the wild

cicindelae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.26.p9

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cicindéla (scan p. 143; entry #2124).

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