brūmālis, e, adj. [bruma].
I Of or pertaining to the winter solstice , or shortest day : dies, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Fat. 3: polus, Varr. L. L. 9, § 24 Müll.: signum, Capricorn , Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178: flexus, the tropic of Capricorn , Lucr. 5, 615; 5, 639: orbis, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37: tempus, id. ib. 2, 44, 112: circulus, Plin. 2, 70, 70, § 177: oriens, Col. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: occasus, id. l. l.: meridies, Col. 9, 5, 1: revocatio, Cic. Univ. 9: hora, the shortest (since it was the twelfth part of the shortest day), Censor. 16: solstitium, Col. 11, 2, 94.—
II (Acc. to bruma, II.) Wintry , of winter : tempus, Cic. Arat. 61; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95: brumales hiemis menses (hiemis, perh. gloss; cf. shortly after: etiam brumali mense), Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146: horae, the short winter hours , Ov. M. 4, 199: frigus, Verg. A. 6, 205; Mart. 13, 16, 1: nix, Ov. P. 4, 5, 4: grando, id. ib. 4, 7, 34: venti, Luc. 5, 407.