cinifes
cinifes or cĭnĭphes (cyn-), um, f., = σκνῖπες or κνῖπες,
- a kind of stinging insect (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Trin. 3, 7; Hier. in Joel, 2, 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 14.
cinifēs (ciniphēs), s. scinifes.
cĭnĭfēs, cĭnĭphēs, cĭnyphēs, v. scinifes.
Donec superductis Ciniphibus terra oppleta est, Chaldæis
fatentibus majestate divina ista fieri. lxx. Interpretes appellant
Cynipset infra Zinzala.