villosus

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

villōsus, a, um, adj. [villus],

hairy , shaggy , rough : leo, Verg. A. 8, 177: pectora (Caci) saetis, id. ib. 8, 266: guttura (Cerberi) colubris, i. e. with vipers in place of hair , Ov. M. 10, 21: radix, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— Comp. : arbor, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 46. — Sup. : animal, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 229.

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