I.of or from snow, snowy, snow- (poet.)
I. Lit.: “aggeribus niveis informis,” Verg. G. 3, 354: aqua, cooled with snow, Mart. 12, 17, 6; cf. id. 14, 104 and 117: “mons,” covered with snow, Cat. 64, 240.—
II. Transf., snow-white, snowy (mostly poet.): “a similitudine sic: Corpore niveum candorem, aspectu igneum ardorem assequebatur,” Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: “lacerti,” Verg. A. 8, 387: “lac,” id. E. 2, 20: “hanc si capite niveae agnae exorari judicas,” Sen. Q. N. 2, 36: “Briseis niveo colore,” Hor. C. 2, 4, 3: “vestis,” Ov. M. 10, 432: “candidior nivei folio, Galatea, ligustri,” id. ib. 13, 789: “dens,” id. H. 18, 18: “quā notam duxit niveus videri,” Hor. C. 4, 2, 59: “panis,” Juv. 5, 70: “flumen,” clear, pellucid, Sen. Hippol. 504: “undae,” Mart. 7, 32, 11: “tribuni,” clothed in white togas, Calp. Ecl. 7, 29; so, “Quirites,” Juv. 10, 45.