pruinosus

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

prŭīnōsus, a, um, adj. [pruina].

I Full of hoar-frost , frosty , rimy : herbae, Ov. M. 4, 82: nox, id. Am. 2, 19, 22: axis (Aurorae), id. ib. 1, 6, 65; 1, 13, 2: equi Noctis, id. P. 1, 2, 56: caeli status, Col. 4, 23, 2. —*

II Transf.: panni, cold , i. e. affording no warmth , Petr. 83 fin.

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