sō^rex

ĭcis, m.

Gr. ὕραξ; root svar-; cf. susurrus

I. a shrew-mouse, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 23; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 12; Col. Arb. 15; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 109; its noise was of ill omen, id. 8, 57, 82, § 223; Val. Max. 1, 1, 5.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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