plantaris

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

plantāris, e, adj. [planta].

I Of or belonging to sets; subst. : plantārĭa , ĭum, n. plur., sets , slips , or young trees , Verg. G. 2, 27: plantaria transferuntur, Plin. 21, 10, 34, § 60: non Epicurum Suspicit exigui laetum plantaribus horti, trees , plants , Juv. 13, 123.—

B Transf., the hair , Pers. 4, 39.—

II Of or belonging to the sole of the foot (poet.); of Mercury: summa pedum propere plantaribus alligat alis, Stat. Th. 1, 304.—Subst.: plantārĭa , ium, winged shoes or sandals : aërii plantaria vellet Perseos, Val. Fl. 1, 67.