ericius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ēricius. === Noun === ericius (plural not attested) (biblical) hedgehog == Latin == === Alternative forms === hērīcius === 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): [eːˈriː.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈriː.t͡ʃi.us] === Noun === ērīcius m (genitive ērīciī or ērīcī); second declension hedgehog Synonym: ērīnāceus (military) A beam armed with sharp spikes. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== *ērīciō ==== 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