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rĭgŭus , a, um, adj. rigo (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Act., that waters, irrigates; watering, irrigating: “in vallibus amnes,Verg. G. 2, 485.—
II. Pass., watered, wellwatered: “hortus,Ov. M. 8, 646; 10, 190; 13, 797: “pratum,Col. 2, 16, 3: “mons scatebris fontium,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6.—Transf.: “quae plurimo lacte rigua bos est,” i. e. distended with milk, Sol. 2.— Hence, subst.: rĭgŭa , ōrum, n., well-watered places: “circa Babylonis rigua,Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 175; 17, 26, 39, § 247; so once in sing.: rĭgŭus , i, m. (sc. ager), a well-watered place, id. 17, 26, 41, § 250.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.646
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.485
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.6
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.16.3
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