cucumis

cŭcŭmis, ĕris (is, sometimes in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny; e. g. acc. cucumim, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 20, 1, 2, § 3; abl. cucumi, id. 20, 9, 40, § 103 al.;

together with cucumeris,

id. 19, 5, 23, § 68; 19, 12, 61, § 186:

cucumeres,

id. 19, 5, 24, § 69 (cucumis, Sillig):

cucumerum,

id. 19, 5, 23, § 68 al. ), m.

I.

A cucumber, Col. 11, 3, 48; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 25; Verg. G. 4, 122 al.—

II.

A sea-plant, similar in color and odor to the cucumber, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3.