Lewis Short
(adjective) : myrtĕus (murtĕus), a, um, id.
* Of or belonging to myrtles, myrtle-.
* Lit.: myrtea silva,Verg. A. 6, 443: corona,Val. Max. 3, 6, 5; cf.: myrtea corona (Papirius) usus est, quod Sardos in campis Myrteis superāsset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.: oleum,Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.—Also, absol.: myr-tĕum, i, n., myrtle-oil, Cels. 2, 33: vinum,Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.
* Transf.
* Furnished or adorned with myrtle: coma,Tib. 3, 4, 28.
* Myrtle-colored, chestnutbrown: gausapila,Petr. 21.
* Olea murtea, a kind of olive-tree, Col. 5, 8, 4.
* Subst.: Myrtĕa, ae, f., the goddess to whom the myrtle is sacred, i. e. Venus, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary