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myrtĕus (murtĕus ), a, um, adj. id.,
I.of or belonging to myrtles, myrtle-.
I. Lit.: “myrtea silva,” Verg. A. 6, 443: “corona,” Val. Max. 3, 6, 5; cf.: myrtea corona (Papirius) usus est, quod Sardos in campis Myrteis superāsset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.: “oleum,” Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.—Also, absol.: myr-tĕum , i, n., myrtle-oil, Cels. 2, 33: “vinum,” Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.—
II. Transf.
A. Furnished or adorned with myrtle: “coma,” Tib. 3, 4, 28.—
B. Myrtle-colored, chestnutbrown: “gausapila,” Petr. 21.—
C. Olea murtea, a kind of olive-tree, Col. 5, 8, 4.—
D. Subst.: Myrtĕa , ae, f., the goddess to whom the myrtle is sacred, i. e. Venus, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.
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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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.443
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.33
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.8.4
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 3.6.5
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