Ciconia, Auis. Plin. A storke, of stgure like a hearne, but greater and all white, sauing the toppes of the winges: his bill and legges red. Daturally it is enemie to the serpent, and killeth it: when they be olde, their birbes feede them, and prouide meate for them. Wherefore aun cient kinges bore the image of them in the toppes of their scepters, in token of instice. Ciconia is also a certaine measure.Candida pennis ciconia.Ouid.Ianum nulla ciconia pinsit tergo. Pers. No man laugheth putring the fingers of his right band behind him close tother like a storkes bill.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cĭcōnĭa, ae, f., a stork, Plin. 10, 23, 32, 63; Hor. S. 2, 2, 49; Ov. M. 6, 97; Juv. 14, 74 al.; at Praeneste called conia, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 23.—II.Meton.A.A derisory bending of the fingers in the form of a stork's bill, Pers. 1, 58; Hier. prol. in Sophon. Ep. 125, n. 18.—B.An implement in the form of a T, used by rustics to measure the depth of furrows, Col. 3, 13, 11.—C.A transverse pole, moving upon a perpendicular post, for drawing water, etc. (syn. tolleno), Isid. Orig. 20, 15, 3.