LAT

Lewis Short

(adjective) : vītrĕus, a, um, vitrum
* Of glass, glass-, vitreous.
* Lit.
* Adj.: vasa,Col. 12, 4, 4: Priapus,a glass in the form of a Priapus,Juv. 2, 95: hostis,i. e. a glass chessman,Ov. A. A. 2, 208: latro,Mart. 7, 72, 8: faba,Petr. 76.
* Transf., like glass, glassy, in color or transparency, clear, bright, shining, transparent: unda,Verg. A. 7, 759: antra,Ov. M. 5, 48: pontus,Hor. C. 4, 2, 3: sedilia,Verg. G. 4, 350: ros,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 55: color,i. e. sea-green,Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100: Circe,brilliant, beautiful,Hor. C. 1, 17, 20: togae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 448, 28; 536, 32: turgescit vitrea bilis, i. e. transparent (transl. of Gr. ὑαλώδης χολή), Pers. 3, 8.
* Trop.: fama,brilliant,Hor. S. 2, 3, 222: fortuna, brittle, fragile, P. Syr. Mim. (Sent. v. 189 Rib.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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