- fico,
directly derived from
Latin ficus. The name of the caprifig,
Ficus caprificus Risso, is
derived both from
Latin caper,
genitive capri (he-goat) and...
- F. citrifolia
Binomial name
Ficus citrifolia Mill.
Synonyms Synonymy Caprificus gigantea (****h) Gasp.
Ficus antimanensis Pittier Ficus botryapioides...
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herself to the
Latins as hostage; that night, she
climbed a wild fig-tree (
caprificus,
literally "goat-fig") and gave the
Romans a
torchlight signal to attack...
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Synonyms Boscheria Carruth. (1872)
Bosscheria de
Vriese & Teijsm. (1861)
Caprificus Gasp. (1844)
Covellia Gasp. (1844)
Cystogyne Gasp. (1845) Dammaropsis...
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slave women picnicked and had fun
together near the site of the wild fig (
caprificus): the
custom implied runs, mock
battles with
fists and stones, obscene...
- of the river-god Tiberinus; some
Roman sources name the wild fig tree
caprificus,
literally "goat fig". Like the
cultivated fig, its
fruit is pendulous...
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other slaves stole the enemy's swords.
Philotis climbed a wild fig tree (
caprificus),
hiding a
torch within her mantle, then
brandished it to
signal the Romans...
- interesting.
Examples of bold
language or metaphor: i.25,
rupto iecore exierit caprificus, 60,
linguae quantum sitiat canis; iii.42,
intus palleat, 81, silentia...
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cultivated fig,
which was female. In some
Roman sources, the wild fig is
caprificus,
literally "goat fig". The
fruit of the fig tree is pendulous, and the...
- (called
caprificus, "goat-fig, caprifig,"
because it was food for goats)
spawns "flies" or fig
wasps called ficarii (ficarios
culices caprificus generat)...
