Significatio vocis cicer | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. chickpea
   declension-3, neuter
2. testicle
   declension-3, neuter, slang
3. Equivalent to 'Chickpea': An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.

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Exempla

“Columella, Res Rustica, 2.10.19. Cicer aut cicercula, quae piso est similis, mense Ianuario aut Februario seri debet laeto⟳ loco⟳ caelo⟳ umido”

The chickpea or the chickling-vetch, which has a resemblance to the pea, should be sown in January or February in rich soil if the weather is moist.

“Juvenal, Satires, 6.373. Ergo expectatos ac iussos crescere primum testiculos, postquam coeperunt esse bilibres, tonsoris tantum damno⟳ rapit Heliodorus. Mangonum pueros vera ac miserabilis urit debilitas, follisque pudet cicerisque relicti.”

Therefore, the testicles were expected and ordered to grow. After they began to weigh two pounds, Heliodorus tore them off to the detriment of the barber. The loss was real and miserable for the boys of the slave-mongers, it shamed them to be left with only a small purse and a chickpea.

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