I.made or consisting of marble, marble-.
I. Lit. (class.): “signum aëneum, marmoreum, eburneum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: “tecta,” id. Par. 1, 3, 13: “solum,” a floor, id. ib. 6, 3, 49: facere aliquem marmoreum, to make of marble, i. e. as a marble statue, Verg. E. 7, 35: “ponere aliquem marmoreum,” Hor. C. 4, 1, 20: “colossus,” Juv. 8, 230: “villa,” id. 4, 112.—
II. Transf.
A. Of or pertaining to marble, marble- (very rare): “ars,” Vitr. 4, 1.—
B. Resembling marble (in whiteness or smoothness), marble-like, marble- (mostly poet.): pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 391, 26: “cervix,” Verg. G. 4, 523: “pollex,” Ov. M. 13, 746: “palmae,” id. ib. 3, 481: “pedes,” id. Am. 2, 11, 15: “manus,” Mart. 8, 56, 14: “candor,” marblewhiteness, Lucr. 2, 765: “color,” i. e. whiteness, id. 2, 775: “Paros (from its famous marble quarries),” Ov. M. 7, 465: “gelu,” id. F. 4. 918: “aequor,” Verg. A. 6, 729.—
C. Adorned with statues: “Lucanus in hortis marmoreis,” Juv. 7, 80.
