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sorex

sorex, a shrew-mouse

sō̆rex (o long, Ser. Samm. 4, 57; Poët. in Anthol. Burm. 2, p. 452; o short, Auct. Carm. Phil. 62; Poët. in Anthol. Burm. 2, p. 453), ĭcis, m. [Gr. ὕραξ; root svar-; cf. susurrus],
  • a shrew-mouse, Ter. Eun. 1024; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 12; Col. Arb. 15; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 109; its noise was of ill omen, id. 8, 57, 82, § 223; Val. Max. 1, 1, 5.

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