Note 2121 — BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
See B. xxxi. c. 3. As Poinsinet remarks, this is not strictly true; the name “Vinucius” most probably came from “vinea,” a vineyard. Numerous names were derived also from seeds and vegetables; Piso, Cicero, and Lactuca, for instance, among a host of others. “Scipio,” too, means a “walking-stick.”