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lilium
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līlĭum (noun N) : λείριον
* A lily: lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est,Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida,Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea,id. 4, 4, 23: hiantia,Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve,short-lived, that blooms but for a short time,Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = κρίνον, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.
* Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.
* A lily: lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est,Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida,Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea,id. 4, 4, 23: hiantia,Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve,short-lived, that blooms but for a short time,Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = κρίνον, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.
* Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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