lixivus

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

lixīvus, a, um, adj. [lix],

I made into lye : cinis lixiva, Scrib. Larg. 216; 230; Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202; 15, 17, 18, § 67: mustum lixivum, the must which flows from the grapes before they are pressed , Cato R. R. 23.—

II Subst.: lixīvum , i, n., lye , Pall. 2, 15, 18; and so perh. Col. 12, 50, 11.