blattārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. blatta],
I pertaining to the moth : balnea, for moths , i. e. dark bathing-rooms (so called from the dislike of the moth to the light), Sen. Ep. 86, 7; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 99.—
II Subst.: blattārĭa , ae, f. (sc. herba), moth-mullein : Verbascum blattaria, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 60, § 108.