I.deep yellow, reddish yellow, gold-colored, tawny (mostly poet.): “corpora leonum,” Lucr. 5, 902; cf. Hor. C. 4, 4, 14: “tegmen lupae,” Verg. A. 1, 275: “canis Lacon,” Hor. Epod. 6, 5: “cassis equinis jubis,” Ov. M. 12, 88: “boves,” Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 9: “vitulus,” Hor. C. 4, 2, 60: “caesaries,” Verg. A. 11, 642: “arena,” id. ib. 12, 741: “aurum,” id. ib. 7, 279; cf.: “subtemen (auri),” Sil. 7, 80: “cera,” Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 83: “color vini,” id. 14, 9, 11, § 80: “sidera,” Tib. 2, 1, 88.—Hence, poet. transf.: “Olympus,” Val. Fl. 7, 158: “lumen,” Verg. A. 7, 76: “nubes,” id. ib. 12, 792 (but not in Lucr. 6, 461, where furva is the right reading): “aquila,” Verg. A. 11, 751; cf.: “ales Jovis,” id. ib. 12, 247: “nuntia Jovis, Cic. poët. Leg. 1, 1, 2: virgae,” i. e. withering stalks, Ov. M. 10, 191.—Hence, subst.: fulvum , i, n., reddish-yellow, Sol. 17, 5.
fulvus , a, um, adj. v. fulgeo,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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