Latin

Noun

scinifes n ‎(genitive scinifis); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) gnat(s) (or other stinging insects)

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• scinifes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SCINIFES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scinifes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.