scĭlla (
scĭlla (squilla), ae, f., = σκίλλα. A sea-onion, sea-leek, squill: Scilla maritima, Linn.; Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93; 20, 9, 39, § 97; 21, 17, 66, § 106; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8; Col. 12, 33; 12, 34; Pall. Febr. 29, 2; id. Mart. 10, 4; id. Jul. 8, 1 al.— A small fish of the lobster kind, which defends the pinna, a prawn, shrimp: Cancer squilla, Linn.; in this sense more usually written squilla, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142; Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24; Hor. S. 2, 4, 58; 2, 8, 42; Mart. 13, 83.
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scĭlla (squilla), ae, f., = σκίλλα. A sea-onion, sea-leek, squill: Scilla maritima, Linn.; Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93; 20, 9, 39, § 97; 21, 17, 66, § 106; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8; Col. 12, 33; 12, 34; Pall. Febr. 29, 2; id. Mart. 10, 4; id. Jul. 8, 1 al.— A small fish of the lobster kind, which defends the pinna, a prawn, shrimp: Cancer squilla, Linn.; in this sense more usually written squilla, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142; Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24; Hor. S. 2, 4, 58; 2, 8, 42; Mart. 13, 83.
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