I.of or belonging to nectar, nectared: “nectareis quod alatur aquis,” Ov. M. 7, 707. —
II. Transf.
A. Sweet or delicious as nectar: “Falernum,” Mart. 13, 108: fontes, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 209.—
B. Subst.: nectărĕa , ae, f. (sc. herba), the plant elecampane, used for flavoring wine, which was hence called nectarites, Plin. 14, 16, 19. § 108.