I. A frog, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172; Ov. M. 6, 381; 15, 375; Verg. G. 1, 378; 3, 431; Hor. S. 1, 5, 14: pluvias metuo, ranae enim ῥητορεύουσιν, Cic. Att. 15, 16, b. — “In partic.,” the tree-frog, green frog, Plin. 32, 8, 29, § 92; “v. rubeta.— The entrails of frogs were used for charms,” Juv. 3, 44.— “Prov.: inflat se tamquam rana,” Petr. 74, 13: “qui fuit rana, nunc est rex, said of one who has risen from a lowly station,” id. 74, 77 fin.—
II. Transf.
1. Rana marina, a sea-fish, the frog-fish, fishing frog, angler: Lophius piscatorius, Linn.; Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125; “called also simply rana,” Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; and: “rana piscatrix,” id. 9, 42, 67, § 143.—
2. A push, or swelling on the tongue of beasts, Col. 6, 8, 1; Veg. 3, 3, 12.