vitreus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vitreus, vitrea, vitreum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of glass; resembling glass in its color (greenish), translucency, or glitter;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...crystallina: peccant Securae nimium sollicitaeque manus. CXII Nimbus vitreus. A Iove qui veniet, miscenda ad pocula largas Fundet..."- G
Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quem facit gurgitem lato gremio patescit, purus et vitreus, ut numerare iactas stipes et relucentes calculos possis. Inde..."