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culex

culex, a gnat, midge

cŭlex, ĭcis, m. (f., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 22 (238)),
  • a gnat, midge (comprising very many species), Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2 sq.; 11, 35, 41, § 118; 17, 27, 44, § 255; Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 14 (500); Lucr. 3, 391; Hor. S. 1, 5, 14; Col. 11, 3, 60; Mart. 3, 93, 9 al.—Also the title of a writing of Verg.; cf. Heyn. Verg. tom. iv. prooem.—As a term of reproach for a wanton lover, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 22 (238).
culex, ĭcis, v. culix.

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