(adjective) : nĭvĕus, a, um, id.
* Of or from snow, snowy, snow- (poet.)
* Lit.: aggeribus niveis informis,Verg. G. 3, 354: aqua, cooled with snow, Mart. 12, 17, 6; cf. id. 14, 104 and 117: mons,covered with snow,Cat. 64, 240.
* Transf., snow-white, snowy (mostly poet.): a similitudine sic: Corpore niveum candorem, aspectu igneum ardorem assequebatur,Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: lacerti,Verg. A. 8, 387: lac,id. E. 2, 20: hanc si capite niveae agnae exorari judicas,Sen. Q. N. 2, 36: Briseis niveo colore,Hor. C. 2, 4, 3: vestis,Ov. M. 10, 432: candidior nivei folio, Galatea, ligustri,id. ib. 13, 789: dens,id. H. 18, 18: quā notam duxit niveus videri,Hor. C. 4, 2, 59: panis,Juv. 5, 70: flumen,clear, pellucid,Sen. Hippol. 504: undae,Mart. 7, 32, 11: tribuni,clothed in white togas,Calp. Ecl. 7, 29; so, Quirites,Juv. 10, 45.