paluster

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

păluster, tris, tre (masc. palustris, Col. 8, 14, 2), adj. [2. palus], fenny, marshy, swampy.

I Lit.: locus, Caes. B. G. 7, 20: ager, Liv. 36, 22; 22, 2: ulva, Verg. G. 3, 175; Col. 8, 14, 2: ranae, Hor. S. 1, 5, 14; cf. calami, Ov. M. 1, 706.—In plur. subst. : pă-lustrĭa , ĭum, n., swampy places , Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 11.—

II Trop.: lux, i. e., a filthy , vicious life , Pers. 5, 60.

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