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ericius

ericius · m

a hedgehog

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Where it lives

De Bello Civili 2 · 0.62/10k

What it meant

ērĭcĭus — Lewis & Short

ērĭcĭus, ii, m.er,

I a hedgehog, urchin.

I Prop., Varr. ap. Non. 49, 10, and 106, 18; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 3, 7; Vulg. Isa. 14, 23; 34, 11 (as translation of Heb. kipōd, which was probably a bird—perh. the bittern. But the LXX. and Gesenius, Thes. Heb. s. v., sustain the Vulgate).—

II Transf., in milit. lang., a beam armed with sharp spikes to keep off assailants, Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 5 and 6; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 555, 2.

In the wild

ericio Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.67.6
ericius Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.67.5

Where it came from

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