CICUTA, hemlock, the juice of which was the famous kykion of the Athenians, used in the execution of criminals. Thus, too, perished Socrates, B.C. 399. (Plat. Phaed.)
CID, The, (from the Arabic El Seid, the Lord,) a name given to Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, the national hero of Spain. See POETRY.