grus

grus
grus, grŭis (also in the nom. sing. gruis, Phaedr. 1, 8, 7), f. (m., Hor. S. 2, 8, 87) [Gr. geranos, akin to gerôn], a crane, Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 60; Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125; Mart. 13, 75; Cels. 2, 18; Lucr. 4, 181;

regarded by the Romans as a delicacy,

 Hor. S. 2, 8, 87; Gell. 7, 16, 5; Stat. S. 4, 6, 8.—
II.
Transf. (with reference to the form of a crane's bill), a besieging machine, battering-ram, called also corvus, Vitr. 10, 19.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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