ericius

Latin

ericius (plural not attested)

1. (biblical) hedgehog

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”), cognate with Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”). Compare ēr (“hedgehog”), and its variant forms.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈri.ki.us/, [eːˈrɪ.ki.ʊs]

ēricius m (genitive ēriciī); second declension

1. hedgehog
2. (military) A beam armed with sharp spikes.
   • c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili 3.67:

     Erat obiectus portis ericius.

Second declension.

• ērināceus

• ericius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ericius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ericius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ericius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ericius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ericius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin