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līlĭum , ĭi, n. λείριον,
I.a lily: “lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est,Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: “candida,Verg. A. 6, 709: “lucida,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: “argentea,id. 4, 4, 23: “hiantia,Ov. A. A. 2, 115: “breve,short-lived, that blooms but for a short time, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = κρίνον, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.—
II. Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.73.8
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.709
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.22
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.24
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.11
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