tureus

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

tūrĕus (thūrĕus), a, um, adj. [tus],

of frankincense : solis est turea virga Sabaeis, the frankincense-shrub , Verg. G. 2, 117; so, virga, Ov. M. 4, 255: planta, Col. 3, 8, 4: grana, Ov. F. 4, 410: dona, Verg. A. 6, 225: altaria, on which incense is burned , Stat. Th. 4, 412.

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