proboscis Riddle-Arnold Smith-Hall PROBOSCIS manus (Cic.); proboscis -idis (Plin.). proboscis: prŏboscis, cĭdis, f., (elephant's): Plin. 8, 7, 7: Flor. (Called by Cic., manus: N. D. 2, 47, extr.: Curt.)