Cicada, cicadæ, pen. prod. Plin. A grassehopper.Argura cicada.Virg.Shrill and chirping.Cicada auenaria. Plin. Querulæ cicadæ. Virg.Raucæ cicadæ.Virg.Fritinire dicuntur cicadæ cantantes, authore illo cuius de Philomela carmen extat.To chirpe.Rore pascuntur cicadæ.Virg.Tunicas ponunt cicadæ. Lucret. Cicadæ prius æstate taceant.Ouid.Pronerbially, it will neuer come to passe.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cĭcāda, ae, f., the cicada, tree-cricket: Cicada orni, Linn.; Plin. 11, 26, 32, 92 sq.; Lucr. 4, 56; 5, 801; Verg. E. 2, 13; 5, 77; id. G. 3, 328; id. Cul. 151 al.—Worn as an ornament in the hair of the Athenians, Verg. Cir. 128 Sillig; cf. Lidd. and Scott, under te/ttic.—As a symbol of summer, Ov. A. A. 1, 271; Juv. 9, 69.