harenosus

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

hărēnōsus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena],

full of sand , sandy : Ladon, Ov. M. 1, 702: terra, id. ib. 14, 82; Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44: litus Libyae, Verg. A. 4, 257: urina, Plin. 23, 3, 36, § 73: lapis harenosior, id. 33, 6, 33, § 101: quod sit harenosissimum subsidat, id. 27, 4, 5, § 20.—As subst.: hărē-nōsum , i, n., a sandy place : quae humi arido atque harenoso gignuntur, Sall. J. 48, 3.— Plur. : hărēnōsa , ōrum, opp. lutosa, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60.

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