smaragdinus

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

smăragdĭnus (zmăr-;

smar- with long a, Prud. Psych. 862), a, um, adj., = σμαράγδινος, of or belonging to the emerald , smaragdine : emplastrum (on account of its green color), Cels. 5, 19, 4; cf. prata, Prud. l. l.: lapis, Vulg. Esth. 1, 6.—Postclass. collat. form smăragdĭnĕus , a, um, adj.: viriditas, Mart. Cap. 1, § 66: postis, Ven. Carm. 8, 8, 18.