nectareus

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

nectărĕus (nectărĭus), a, um, adj. [nectar],

I of or belonging to nectar, nectared : nectareis quod alatur aquis, Ov. M. 7, 707. —

II Transf.

A Sweet or delicious as nectar : Falernum, Mart. 13, 108: fontes, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 209.—

B Subst.: nectărĕa , ae, f. (sc. herba), the plant elecampane , used for flavoring wine, which was hence called nectarites, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 108.

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