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† cnēcus (cnīcus), i, m., = κνῆκος, safflower: Carthamus tinctorius, Linn.; Plin. 21, 15, 53, § 90; 21, 32, 107, § 184; Col. 7, 8, 1; Scrib. Comp. 135.