I.rainy, causing or bringing rain, rain- (class.): SI AQVA PLVVIA NOCET, rain-water, Fragm. XII. Tab.; cf. “aquae,” Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Top. 9, 38: “tempestates,” Cato, R. R. 2, 3: “caelum,” Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2: “Hyades,” rain-bringing, Verg. A. 3, 516: “venti,” Hor. C. 1, 17, 4: “rores,” rain, id. ib. 3, 3, 56: “arcus,” rainbow, id. A. P. 18: “Juppiter,” who dispenses rain, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 26 (cf.: “Juppiter uvidus,” Verg. G. 1, 418, and Ζεὺς ἰκμαῖος): “dies,” Col. 2, 15: “caeli status,” id. 2, 10: “nomen,” Plin. 2, 39, § 106.—Hence, subst.: plŭvĭum , ii, n., = impluvium, q. v., the inner court of a dwelling, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 41.
plŭvĭus , a, um, adj. pluo,
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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