cī̆trĕus, a. um, adj. [citrus].
I Of or pertaining to the citrus-tree : mālus, the citrustree , Opp. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15: malum, citrusapple , Cloat. ib.: mensa, of citrus-wood (which was much prized by the ancients), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: sub trabe citreā, Hor. C. 4, 1, 20 Zumpt; Petr. 119, 29; Mart. 14, 89: lecti, Pers. 1, 53: oleum, Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.—
B Subst.: cĭtrĕa , ae, f., = ci-trus, Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—
II Pertaining to the citron-tree; only subst. cĭtrĕ-um , i, n., the citron , Plin. 23, 6, 56, § 105; Pall. Mart. 10, 15.