succus (al. sucus: general term for juice; e.g., of meat; of the juices that form the sap of trees, etc.): virus (the glutinous and biting juice of certain plants; of snails, etc.; the poisonous juice of serpents): sanies (litterally, bloody matter: then, from their resemblance to this in substance or color, the juice of the spider, the purple-fish, olives, etc.): mellīgo (the juice of flowers; also the yet unripe juice of berries, grapes, etc.). The juice of the grape, succi uvae (general term); melligo uvae (of the unripe grape). The juice of the purple-fish, ostreum (ὄστρεον), or, pure Latin, sanies purpurea: the nutritive juices secreted from food, secretus a reliquo cibo succus is, quo alimur: to draw up the juices of the earth, succum ex terra trahere.