Indicus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Indĭcus, a, um, adj. [India],

of India , Indian : elephanti, Ter. Eun. 413: pecudes, Mart. 5, 37, 5: cornu, i. e. ivory , id. 1, 73, 4: aqua, Ov. P. 1, 5, 80: margarita, Petr. 55. — Subst.: Indĭcum , i, n., indigo , a blue pigment for dyeing and painting, Plin. 33, 13, 67, § 163; 35, 6, 26, § 40.

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