luscĭnĭa, ae, f. (luscĭnĭus, ĭi, m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, † luscĭnus, i, m., = ἀηδών, Gloss. Lat. Gr.) [for clus-cinia; Sanscr. root cru, to hear; Gr. κλύω; Lat. clueo, to be famous, akin to gloria and cano; hence, the melodious or glorious songstress], the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81 sq.: luscinias soliti impenso prandere coëmptas, Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: vox luscinii, Sen. Ep. 76, 9.
1. luscĭnus, a, um, adj. [luscus], oneeyed; plur. as subst.: luscĭni, ōrum, m., one-eyed persons: qui altero lumine orbi nascerentur, Coclites vocabantur, qui par vis utrisque Ocellae; Luscini injuriae cognomen habuere, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150.
2. Luscĭnus, i, m., a Roman surname: C. Fabricius Luscinus, Val. Max. 4, 3, 6; Liv. 33, 42 and 43; 37, 4.