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the yolk of an egg

  • 1 luteus

    1.
    lūtĕus, a, um, adj. [1. lutum], prop. of or belonging to the yellow-weed; hence, in gen., of the color of lutum.
    A.
    Golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow. chrysocolla, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 91; Varr. ap Non. 549, 22:

    pallor,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 16:

    pal la,

    Tib. 1, 7, 46.— Subst.: lūtĕum, i, n, [p. 1088] yellow:

    color in luteum inclinatus,

    towards yellow, Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136:

    color in luteum languescens,

    id. 27, 13, 109, § 133.— Esp., the yolk of an egg:

    lutea ex ovis quinque columbarum,

    Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 141. —
    B.
    Flame-colored, of the veil of a bride (v. flammeus), Luc. 2, 361; cf. Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46; Cat. 61, 10.—
    II.
    Rose-colored:

    rosa... sese pandit in calyces medio sui stantis conplexa luteos apices,

    Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: Aurora in roseis fulgebat lutea bigis ( = crocea; cf. krokopeplos, Hom. Il. 8, 1), Verg. A. 7, 26:

    me Lutea mane videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,

    Ov. M. 7, 703; 13, 579:

    Memnonis in roseis lutea mater equis,

    id. F. 4, 714; Anthol. Lat. 5, 7, 1.
    2.
    lŭtĕus, a, um, adj. [2. lutum], of mud or clay.
    I.
    Lit.:

    defingit Rheni luteum caput,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 37:

    opus,

    of a swallow's nest, Ov. F. 1, 157:

    aedificium,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57. §

    194: toreuma,

    Mart. 4, 46, 16:

    homo,

    i. e. Adam, Prud. Cath. 3, 41.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Bemired, muddy:

    gallina si sit luteis pedibus,

    Plin. 30, 11, 28, § 93.—
    2.
    Besmeared, bedaubed:

    luteum ceromate corpus,

    Mart. 11, 47, 5:

    Vulcanus,

    Juv. 10, 132.—
    II.
    Trop., dirty, vile, worthless:

    blitea et lutea meretrix,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 1:

    homo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:

    negotium,

    a sorry commodity, poor affair, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, § 32.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > luteus

  • 2 vitellus

    vĭtellus, i, m. dim. [vitulus].
    * I.
    A little calf, as a term of endearment, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 77.—
    II.
    Transf., the yolk of an egg, Cels. 6, 6, 1; Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Petr. 33 fin.; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 148; Hor. S. 2, 4, 14; 2, 4, 57; Mart. 13, 40, 1.—Called also vĭtellum, i, n., Apic. 4, 1; Varr. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vitellus

  • 3 vitellus

        vitellus ī, m dim.    [vitulus], the yellow part of an egg, yolk, yelk: nihilne de vitello?: mos, H.
    * * *
    I
    yolk, yolk of egg
    II
    yolk, yolk of egg
    III
    little calf; (term of endearment)

    Latin-English dictionary > vitellus

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