myrtĕus (murtĕus), a, um, adj. [myrtus], of or belonging to myrtles, myrtle-.
I Lit.: myrtea silva, Verg. A. 6, 443: corona, Val. Max. 3, 6, 5; cf.: myrtea corona (Papirius) usus est, quod Sardos in campis Myrteis superāsset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.: oleum, Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.—Also, absol. : myr-tĕum , i, n., myrtle-oil , Cels. 2, 33: vinum, Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.—
II Transf.
A Furnished or adorned with myrtle : coma, Tib. 3, 4, 28.—
B Myrtle-colored, chestnutbrown : gausapila, Petr. 21.—
C Olea murtea, a kind of olive-tree , Col. 5, 8, 4.—
D Subst.: Myrtĕa , ae, f., the goddess to whom the myrtle is sacred , i. e. Venus , Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.