green plants

vĭrĭdis, e ( gen. plur. viridum, Stat. Th. 2, 279), adj. [vireo], green.

Lit. (as the most general designation for every shade of that color).

Adj.:

color,

Ov. M. 10, 137; Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

smaragdi,

Lucr. 2, 805:

collis,

id. 2, 322; cf.:

colles nitidissimi viridissimique,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

viridis opacaque ripa,

id. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

gramen,

Verg. G. 2, 219:

viridiores herbae,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 185:

viridia atque umida ligna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:

colubrae,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 8:

Nereidum comae,

id. ib. 3, 28, 10; cf.

dei,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 59: caelum, bluish green (when it is clear), Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 74.—

Subst.: vĭrĭde, is, n.

Green color, greenness, verdure (post-Aug.):

bacis e viridi rubentibus,

reddish green, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127; so,

e viridi pallens (gemma),

id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—

A green thing, of plants, trees, etc. (late Lat.), Vulg. Ecclus. 43, 23; id. Apoc. 9, 4:

omne viride agri,

Ambros. in Luc. 7, 16.—More freq. plur.: vĭrĭdĭa, ĭum, n., green plants, herbs, or trees (postAug.), Col. 8, 15, 4; Sen. Ep. 86, 3; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 17; Vitr. 5, 9, 5; Phaedr. 2, 5, 14. —

Transf., green, young, youthful, fresh, blooming, lively, vigorous:

viridiora praemiorum genera (opp. arescentes laureae),

Cic. Rep. 6, 8, 8:

caseus,

Col. 7, 8, 1:

limus,

Pers. 3, 22:

viridis et adhuc dulcis fructus studiorum,

Quint. 12 6, 3:

indignantium, tam viridem et in flore aetatis ereptum esse rebus humanis,

Curt. 10, 5, 10:

sonus earum (litterarum) viridior vegetiorque,

livelier and stronger, Gell. 2, 3, 1: firmior et viridior sonus, id. 13, 20, 13:

Euryalus formā insignis viridique juventā,

Verg. A. 5, 295:

aevum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

senectus,

Verg. A. 6, 304; cf. Sil. 1, 187;

Col. praef. § 12: usque ad novissimam valetudinem viridis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

leo,

Stat. Th. 11, 742:

senex, sed mehercule viridis animo ac vigens,

Sen. Ep. 66, 1:

consilio viridis, sed belli serus,

Sil. 3, 255.— With gen.:

viridissimus irae,

Sil. 5, 569.— Adv.: vĭrĭdĕ, greenly, verdantly:

nihil omnino viridius comparatum illis (smaragdis) viret,

Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 62.

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herba, ae, f. [old Lat. forb-ea; Gr. phorbê; Sanscr. root bhar-, to nourish], springing vegetation, grass, green stalks or blades, green crops, herbage, an herb (cf.:

gramen, faenum, caespes, glaeba): herba cubile Praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans,

Lucr. 5, 816:

in molli consedimus herba,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

cum ceteris in campo exercentibus in herba ipse recubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

abicere se in herba,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

fusus per herbam (agricola),

Verg. G. 2, 527 al.:

invitant (Pecudes) herbae gemmantes rore recenti,

Lucr. 2, 319; so,

gemmantes rore,

id. 5, 461:

herbae rore vigentes,

id. 2, 361:

teneras per herbas Ludere,

id. 1, 260:

nova tum tellus herbas virgultaque primum Sustulit,

id. 5, 790:

ex quibusdam stirpibus et herbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

corona ex asperis herbis et agrestibus,

id. Div. 1, 34, 75; cf. ib. 2, 32, 68:

quas herbas pecudes non edunt, homines edunt,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 23 sq.; cf.:

fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita condiunt, ut nihil possit esse suavius,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

herbis vivis et urticā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7:

solstitialis herba,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36:

interim mores mali Quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrume,

id. Trin. 1, 1, 9:

fallax veneni,

a poisonous plant, Verg. E. 4, 24:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

a blade, id. ib. 5, 26; cf. Ov. M. 10, 87:

et sulcis frumenti quaereret herbam,

young crop, Verg. G. 1, 134:

novitates si spem afferunt, ut tamquam in herbis non fallacibus fructus appareat, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 19, 68; cf.:

primis segetes moriuntur in herbis,

Ov. M. 5, 4:

Ceres dominum primis fallebat in herbis,

id. F. 4, 645.—So prov.: saepe audivi, inter os atque offam multa intervenire posse; verum vero inter offam atque herbam, ibi vero longum intervallum est, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1; cf.:

sed nimium properas et adhuc tua messis in herba est,

Ov. H. 17, 263; and:

egone, qui indolem ingenii tui in germine etiam tum et in herba et in flore dilexerim, nunc frugem ipsam maturae virtutis nonne multo multoque amplius diligam?

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 5 Mai.:

omnis illa laus... velut in herba vel flore praecerpta ad nullam certam et solidam pervenit frugem,

Tac. Dial. 9, 5.—Prov.: herbam dare, to own one's self beaten: herbam do cum ait Plautus, significat: victum me fateor; quod est antiquae et pastoralis vitae indicium. Nam qui in prato cursu aut viribus contendebant, cum superati erant, ex eo solo, in quo certamen erat, decerptam herbam adversario tradebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 128; Varr. ib.; Plin. 22, 4, 4, § 8; Att. and Afran. ap. Non. 317, 18 and 20.—

Transf., weeds, useless plants:

officiant laetis ne frugibus herbae,

Verg. G. 1, 69; 2, 251; cf. id. ib. 2, 411; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 300.

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caespĕs (not cespes), ĭtis, m. [caesus, caedo].

A turf, sod as cut out: caespes est terra in modum lateris caesa cum herba, sive frutex recisus et truncus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.: caespes chortoplinthos, chortobôlos, plinthos, Gloss.: non esse arma caespites, neque glebas, * Cic. Caecin. 21, 60.—

Used for altars, mounds (of tombs), for covering cottages, huts, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 13; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 9; id. M. 4, 753; 7, 240; 15, 573; Verg. A. 3, 304; Tac. G. 27; id. A. 1, 62; Verg. E. 1, 69 Voss; Sen. Ep. 8, 5; Luc. 1, 512; 3, 387; Suet. Aug. 24.—

Meton.

A cot, hut, hovel, shed:

nec fortuitum spernere caespitem,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 17.—

An altar:

positusque carbo Caespite vivo,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 4; Juv. 12, 2; Tac. H. 4, 53; App. Flor. n. 1, —

Any object of similar form, a knot, knob, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 153.—

A clump, group of plants, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 43; Verg. G. 4, 273 Forbig. ad loc.—

In gen.

A grassy field, a green field, turf, Verg. A. 11, 566:

de caespite virgo se levat,

Ov. M. 2, 427; 4, 301; 10, 556;

13, 931: sedere in caespite nudo,

Suet. Tib. 18; Stat. Th. 12, 328; Petr. 120, 72; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; 17, 4, 3, § 26.—

Late Lat., the earth, ground, in gen., Avien. Perieg. 227; 388.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

chicks, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.