I.masc. palustris, Col. 8, 14, 2), adj. 2. palus, fenny, marshy, swampy.
I. Lit.: “locus,” Caes. B. G. 7, 20: “ager,” Liv. 36, 22; 22, 2: “ulva,” Verg. G. 3, 175; Col. 8, 14, 2: “ranae,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 14; cf. “calami,” Ov. M. 1, 706.—In plur. subst.: pă-lustrĭa , ĭum, n., swampy places, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 11.—
II. Trop.: “lux, i. e.,” a filthy, vicious life, Pers. 5, 60.