marmŏrĕus, a, um, adj. [marmor], made or consisting of marble, marble-.
I Lit. (class.): signum aëneum, marmoreum, eburneum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: tecta, id. Par. 1, 3, 13: solum, a floor , id. ib. 6, 3, 49: facere aliquem marmoreum, to make of marble , i. e. as a marble statue , Verg. E. 7, 35: ponere aliquem marmoreum, Hor. C. 4, 1, 20: colossus, Juv. 8, 230: villa, id. 4, 112.—
II Transf.
A Of or pertaining to marble, marble- (very rare): ars, Vitr. 4, 1.—
B Resembling marble (in whiteness or smoothness), marble-like, marble- (mostly poet.): pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 391, 26: cervix, Verg. G. 4, 523: pollex, Ov. M. 13, 746: palmae, id. ib. 3, 481: pedes, id. Am. 2, 11, 15: manus, Mart. 8, 56, 14: candor, marblewhiteness , Lucr. 2, 765: color, i. e. whiteness , id. 2, 775: Paros (from its famous marble quarries), Ov. M. 7, 465: gelu, id. F. 4. 918: aequor, Verg. A. 6, 729.—
C Adorned with statues : Lucanus in hortis marmoreis, Juv. 7, 80.