herbidus

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

herbĭdus, a, um, adj. [herba].

I Full of grass or herbs , grassy : campi, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; Liv. 9, 2, 7: Epiros, Ov. M. 8, 282: segetes, full of weeds , Col. 1, 6, 22: potus, obtained from herbs , Plin. 24, 6, 19, § 28: insulae herbidae omnes harundine et junco, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5: ripae, Amm. 14, 3, 4.—

II Like grass , grassy , grass-colored : folium herbidi coloris, Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 56: lux, Prud. Psych. 863.

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