rush (s.) Copy link Outline 1. cārex, ĭcis2. juncus3. scirpus, or sirpus • rush (s.): 1. cārex, ĭcis: fed on r.s, carice pastus, Virg. Georg. 3, 231. 2. juncus: id. Ecl. 1, 49: Plin. 21, 18, 69. 3. scirpus, or sirpus: you are looking for a knot in a r., nodum in scirpo quaeris, Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 39.