(adjective) : caerŭlĕus, and in poetry equally common, caerŭlus, a, um, cf. cae -sius, κύανος, and Sanscr. cjamas = dark
* Lit., dark-colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure, κυάνεος; poet. epithet of the sky, of the sea, and other similar objects (as dark, opp. albus and marmoreus color, Lucr. 2, 771 sq., and syn. with ater, Verg. A. 3, 64; v. under II. A.).
* Of the sky: caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 Vahl.); id. ap. Varr, L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.); cf.: (zonae) extremae Caeruleā glacie concretae,Verg. G. 1, 236.—Also subst.: caerŭla. ōrum, n., Ov. M. 14, 814: per caeli caerula,Lucr. 1, 1089; 6, 96; and without caeli,id. 6, 482.—Of the universe: magni per caerula mundi,Lucr. 5, 770; and of the brightness of the stars: bigae,Verg. Cir. 37.—Of mountain heights, Ov. M. 11, 158; cf. candor,Plin. 35, 6, 28, § 47: splendor,id. 37, 9, 51, § 134.
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* Also of rivers and things that are connected therewith: caeruleus Thybris,Verg. A. 8, 64 amnis, Tib. 3, 4, 18; Stat. S. 1, 5, 51: Cydnus. Tib. 1, 7, 14: crines,Ov. M. 5, 432; guttae. id. ib. 5, 633.
* Of other darkblue objects: omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugnā aspectu,Caes. B. G. 5, 14: an si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco Tinxerit. idcirco caerula forma bona'st?Prop. 2, 18, 31 sq. (3, 11, 9 sq.); Mart. 11, 53, 1: olearum plaga,Lucr. 5, 1372; draco. Ov. M. 12, 13' angues, Verg. G. 4, 482; colla,id. A. 2, 381: serpens,Ov. M. 3, 38: guttae (serpentis),id. ib. 4, 578: vestis. Juv. 2. 97: vexillum,Suet. Aug. 25: flos (heliotropi),Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 57: oculi (Germanorum),Tac. G. 4; hence Germania pubes, Hor. Epod. 16, 7.—Hence, subst.: caerŭlĕum, i, n., a blue color, steel-color, both natural and artificial, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 161 sq.; 35, 6, 28, § 47; Vitr. 7, 111; 9, 1.
* In gen., dark, gloomy, dun, sable, black; poet. epithet of death, the night, rain, etc.: stant Manibus arae Caeruleis moestae vittis,Verg. A. 3, 64 Serv.: imber,id. ib. 3, 194; 5, 10: caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat,id. G. 1, 453; so, equi (Plutonis),Ov. F. 4, 446: ratis fati,Prop. 2 (3), 28, 40. puppis (Charontis),Verg. A. 6, 410: mors,Albin. ad Liv. 1, 93: nox,Stat. S. 1, 6, 85: umbra noctis,id. Th. 2, 528; Verg. Cir. 214: panis,Juv. 14, 128: baca (lauri),Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 128: bacis caerula tinus,Ov. M. 10, 98.
* Dark green, green, greenish: cucumis,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 43.coma,Ov. M. 11, 158: arbor Palladis,id. A. A. 2, 518: campi caerula laetaque prata, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3.

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