noun
ciccus
Meaning
- the thin membrane surrounding the grains of a pomegranate
ciccus, i, m., = κίκκος,
I. the thin membrane surrounding the grains of a pomegranate; hence for something unimportant, worthless, a trifle, bagatelle, Varr. L. L. 7, § 91; cf. Fest. p. 42, 10 Müll.:
ciccum non interduim, I would not give a straw, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 22; id. ap. Varr. l. l.; cf. Aus. Idyll. praef. 13.