1. rīcīnus — Lewis & Short
rīcīnus, a, um, adj.id.,
I veiled: mitra, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 26.
The corpus record — Latin
ricinus
ricinus · adj
veiled
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Where it lives
- Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
- Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
What it meant
2. rĭcĭnus — Lewis & Short
rĭcĭnus, i, m.
I A large kind of vermin that infests sheep, dogs, etc., a tick, tike, Cato, R. R. 96, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 14; Col. 7, 13, 1; 6, 2, 6; Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 47; Petr. 57; Ser. Samm. 36, 699.—
II A plant, called also cici and croton, Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 25.—
III The germ of the mulberry:
ricino Graeci vocant,Plin. 23, 7, 71, § 137.
3. ricinus — Walde–Hofmann
ricinus, -i m. „Ungeziefer an Schafen (Holzbock?), Hunden, beim Rind; Laus; Wunderbaum; Maulbeere; ein Strauch (Ricinus communis L.) (seit Cato, ricinösus : pdeipapıiog Cl): — wohl aus *ricinos, zu lit, erké „Holzbock, Schaflaus", lett. erze , Kuhmilbe, Buschlaus* (Vanidek 239, Fick I* 364), arm. o(r)d2il , Nisse, Lausei* (vgl. ork'iun „Flechte, Krätze, Rotlauf*, Petersson KZ. 47, 269), alb. erjís, -zi „kleine Laus* … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ricinus, p. 1339]
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ricinus (scan p. 597; entry #9784).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ricinus (scan p. 1339; entry #2292). Root candidates: *reik-.
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