rugosus

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

rūgōsus, a, um, adj. [1. ruga], wrinkled, shrivelled.

I Lit.: rugosiorem cum geras stola frontem, Mart. 3, 93, 4: spadones, Hor. Epod. 9, 14: genae, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 112.— Poet.: senecta, Tib. 3, 5, 25: frigore pagus (i. e. the villagers), Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 105: sanna, that wrinkles his countenance , makes wry faces , Pers. 5, 91.—

II Transf. (acc. to 1. ruga, I. B.), wrinkled , creased , shrivelled , corrugated : acina, Col. 12, 44, 4: cortex populi, Ov. H. 5, 28: piper, Pers. 5, 55: pruna, Mart. 13, 28, 1.

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