ericius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ēricius. === Noun === ericius (plural not attested) (biblical) hedgehog == Latin == === Alternative forms === hēricius === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”). Compare ēr (“hedgehog”), and its variant forms. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈrɪ.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈriː.t͡ʃi.us] === Noun === ēricius m (genitive ēriciī or ēricī); second declension hedgehog Synonym: ērināceus (military) A beam armed with sharp spikes. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== *ēriciō ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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