gnat, midge, similar insect; (poem by Virgil)
Latin word, found 16 times in the texts on Socratos.
Horace, Sermones 1.5.14: tota abit hora. mali culices ranaeque palustres
Martial, Epigrammata 3.93.9: Et Atrianus dulcius culex cantet,
Statius, Silvae 2.7.74: ante annos Culicis Maroniani.
All forms of culex