gemmifer

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

gemmĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [gemma, II. -fero],

bearing or containing gems (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): amnes (Acesinus et Ganges), Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200; cf. mare (i. e. Erythraei; cf. gemma, II. 2. b.), Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 2: corona, Val. Fl. 5, 448.

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