cicada

cĭcāda, ae, f.,

• the cicada, tree-cricket: Cicada orni, Linn.; Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 92 sq.; Lucr. 4, 56; 5, 801; Verg. E. 2, 13; 5, 77; id. G. 3, 328; id. Cul. 151 al.—Worn as an ornament in the hair of the Athenians, Verg. Cir. 128 Sillig; cf. Lidd. and Scott, under τέττιξ.—As a symbol of summer, Ov. A. A. 1, 271; Juv. 9, 69.

cicāda, ae, f. (onomatop.), die Zikade, Baumgrille (Cicada orni, L.), Plin. 11, 92. Lucr. 4, 56. Verg. ecl. 2, 13 u. 5, 77.; georg. 3, 328. Ov. art. am. 2, 271: totum diem argutatur quasi cicada, Nov. com. 26: exspectate cicadas (die Z. = den Sommer), Iuven. 9, 69. – Nachbildung als Schmuckstück der griech. Frauen, Ps. Verg. cir. 127. Tert. de vel. virg. 10.

cicada [CL] , cicada (conf. w. cricket or grasshopper). b (?) hedge-sparrow. garrula me poterit numquam superare cicada Aldh. Aen. 68 (Salpix) 6; ~ae fretinniunt Id. PR 131; cicad[ae], secggescere vel haman GlC C 404; 9‥ ~a, hyllehama oððe gærstapa WW; ~e quedam alate, non tibiarum nisu sed alarum remigio se transferentes Gir. TH I 21; †circalarum Gilb. II 86v. 1 (v. cantharis a); ~a in campis cantans conteratur Gad. 120. 2; ~a, gressehope SB 16; hec sicada, A. gyrssoppe WW.  b ~a, vicetula [? l. ficedula], hegesugge Ælf. Gl..

cĭcāda, (13) æ, f. , cigale : Virg. B. 2, 13 || bijou que portaient les Athéniennes : Virg. Cir. 127.

cicada , ae. f.
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cicāda ae, f

• the cicada, tree-cricket, V.: exspectate cicadas, i. e. wait for summer, Iu.

Cicāda

(τέττιξ). A species of insect, frequently mentioned by the classical writers. It is originally a caterpillar, then a chrysalis, and is converted into a fly late in the spring. Its song is much louder and shriller than that of the grasshopper. The ancient writers, and especially the poets, praise the sweetness of their song; and Plutarch says they were sacred to the Muses. According to Aelian, only the male cicada sings, and that in the hottest weather. This is confirmed by the discoveries of modern naturalists. The cicada is extremely common in the south of Italy. It is found also in the United States, being called in some parts “the harvest-fly,” and in others, very erroneously, “the locust.”