(adjective) : argentĕus, a, um, argentum.
* Of or from silver, made of silver (cf. argentum, I. A.): polubrum, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 544, 23: aquila,Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24: brattea,Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 105: phalerae,id. 8, 5, 5, § 12: vasa,Hor. S. 2, 7, 73; so Vulg. Gen. 24, 53; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20; Tac. G. 5: Triton,Suet. Claud. 21 fin.: dei,Vulg. Dan. 5, 4: leones,ib. 1 Par. 28, 17: simulacra,ib. Apoc. 9, 20: nummus,Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; so Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 36: denarius,Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38; also absol. argenteus, Tac. G. 5; so Vulg. Gen. 20, 16; ib. Matt. 26, 15 al.
* Metaph.
* Adorned with silver, = argentatus: scaena,Cic. Mur. 19 fin.: acies,Liv. 10, 39 (cf. a little before: per picta atque aurata scuta; and v. argentatus, I.).
* In comic style, of or from money (cf. argentum, I. B. 2.): salus,a silver salutation,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 44 sq.: amica tua facta est argentea, is turned into money, i. e. has been sold, id. ib. 1, 3, 113.
* Of the silver age: subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior, fulvo pretiosior aere,Ov. M. 1, 114.

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