pulvereus

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

pulvĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [pulvis].

I Of or containing dust , filled with or full of dust , dust- : nubes, clouds of dust , Verg. A. 8, 593: turbo, a whirlwind of dust , Claud. B. Get. 458: farina, fine as dust , Ov. Med. Fac. 61: solum, id. M. 7, 113: aequor, a battle-field filled with dust , Stat. Th. 11, 403: crinis, id. ib. 6, 7: circus, id. ib. 6, 493: aspectus, dusty , Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170: erat ex itinere anhelus et pulvereus, covered with dust , Pac. Pan. Theod. 34: pulverei et cinerosi mortui, Ap. Met. 4, 18, 5.—

II Act. , that raises the dust : equi, Val. Fl. 4, 608: palla, Ov. M. 6, 705.

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