- characites
- chărăcĭas, ae, m., = charakias.I.Eit for making poles or stakes:II.
calamus,
a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.—A name of a plant, wolf ' s-milk, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes, ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.