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Lewis Short
(adjective) : lūtĕus, a, um, 1. lutum, prop.
* Of or belonging to the yellow-weed; hence, in gen., of the color of lutum.
* Golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow. chrysocolla, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 91; Varr. ap Non. 549, 22: pallor,Hor. Epod. 10, 16: pal la,Tib. 1, 7, 46.—Subst.: lūtĕum, i, n, yellow: color in luteum inclinatus,towards yellow,Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136: color in luteum languescens,id. 27, 13, 109, § 133.— Esp., the yolk of an egg: lutea ex ovis quinque columbarum,Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 141.
* Rose-colored: rosa ... sese pandit in calyces medio sui stantis conplexa luteos apices,Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: Aurora in roseis fulgebat lutea bigis ( = crocea; cf. κροκόπεπλος, Hom. Il. 8, 1), Verg. A. 7, 26: me Lutea mane videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,Ov. M. 7, 703; 13, 579: Memnonis in roseis lutea mater equis,id. F. 4, 714; Anthol. Lat. 5, 7, 1.
* Of or belonging to the yellow-weed; hence, in gen., of the color of lutum.
* Golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow. chrysocolla, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 91; Varr. ap Non. 549, 22: pallor,Hor. Epod. 10, 16: pal la,Tib. 1, 7, 46.—Subst.: lūtĕum, i, n, yellow: color in luteum inclinatus,towards yellow,Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136: color in luteum languescens,id. 27, 13, 109, § 133.— Esp., the yolk of an egg: lutea ex ovis quinque columbarum,Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 141.
* Rose-colored: rosa ... sese pandit in calyces medio sui stantis conplexa luteos apices,Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: Aurora in roseis fulgebat lutea bigis ( = crocea; cf. κροκόπεπλος, Hom. Il. 8, 1), Verg. A. 7, 26: me Lutea mane videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,Ov. M. 7, 703; 13, 579: Memnonis in roseis lutea mater equis,id. F. 4, 714; Anthol. Lat. 5, 7, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(adjective) : lŭtĕus, a, um, 2. lutum
* Of mud or clay.
* Lit.: defingit Rheni luteum caput,Hor. S. 1, 10, 37: opus,of a swallow's nest,Ov. F. 1, 157: aedificium,Plin. 7, 56, 57. § 194: toreuma,Mart. 4, 46, 16: homo,i. e. Adam,Prud. Cath. 3, 41.
* Transf.
* Trop., dirty, vile, worthless: blitea et lutea meretrix,Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 1: homo,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: negotium,a sorry commodity, poor affair,id. ib. 2, 4, 14, § 32.
* Besmeared, bedaubed: luteum ceromate corpus,Mart. 11, 47, 5: Vulcanus,Juv. 10, 132.
* Of mud or clay.
* Lit.: defingit Rheni luteum caput,Hor. S. 1, 10, 37: opus,of a swallow's nest,Ov. F. 1, 157: aedificium,Plin. 7, 56, 57. § 194: toreuma,Mart. 4, 46, 16: homo,i. e. Adam,Prud. Cath. 3, 41.
* Transf.
* Trop., dirty, vile, worthless: blitea et lutea meretrix,Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 1: homo,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: negotium,a sorry commodity, poor affair,id. ib. 2, 4, 14, § 32.
* Besmeared, bedaubed: luteum ceromate corpus,Mart. 11, 47, 5: Vulcanus,Juv. 10, 132.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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