ciccus

ciccus, i, m., = κίκκος,

• the thin membrane surrounding the grains of a pomegranate; hence for something unimportant, worthless, a trifle, bagatelle, Varr. L. L. 7, § 91; cf. Fest. p. 42, 10 Müll.: ciccum non interduim, I would not give a straw, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 22 (580); id. ap. Varr. l. l.; cf. Aus. Idyll. praef. 13.