ădōrĕus, a, um, adj. [ador], pertaining to spelt, consisting of spelt.
I Adj. : far adoreum = ador, Cato R. R. 83; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; Col. 11, 2, 74 sq.: semen, Cato R. R. 34; Col. 2, 6, 1: liba, Verg. A. 7, 109: bellaria, Stat. S. 1, 6, 10.—
II Subst.
A ădōrĕa (adoria, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll.; see below), ae, f. (sc. donatio), a reward of valor (in early ages this usually consisted of grain ); hence, trop., glory , fame , renown : gloriam denique ipsam a farris honore adoream appellabant, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 14; id. 8, 9, 19, § 83: praedā agroque adoreāque affecit populares suos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38: pulcher fugatis Ille dies Latio tenebris, Qui primus almā risit adoreā, in lordly honor , viz. by the defeat of Hasdrubal, Hor. C. 4, 4, 41. (Festus gives another explanation for the signif. honor , renown , etc.: adoriam laudem sive gloriam dicebant, quia gloriosum eum putabant esse, qui farris copia abundaret, Fest. p. 3 Müll.). —
B ădōrĕum . i, n. (sc. far), i. q. ador, spelt , Col. 2, 8, 5.