Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cilicium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CILIC'IUM (κιλίκιον). A coarse kind of cloth made of goats' hair, used for various purposes, in the army and navy more especially, and probably resembling the material now used for coal-sacks and horses' nose-bags. Cic. Verr. ii. 1. 38. Liv. xxxviii. 7. Veget. Mil. iv. 6. Serv. ad Virg. Georg. iii. 313.