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pulvĕrĕus , a, um, adj. pulvis.
I. Of or containing dust, filled with or full of dust, dust-: “nubes,clouds of dust, Verg. A. 8, 593: “turbo,a whirlwind of dust, Claud. B. Get. 458: “farina,fine as dust, Ov. Med. Fac. 61: “solum,id. M. 7, 113: “aequor,a battle-field filled with dust, Stat. Th. 11, 403: “crinis,id. ib. 6, 7: “circus,id. ib. 6, 493: “aspectus,dusty, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170: “erat ex itinere anhelus et pulvereus,covered with dust, Pac. Pan. Theod. 34: “pulverei et cinerosi mortui,App. M. 4, p. 150, 27.—
II. Act., that raises the dust: “equi,Val. Fl. 4, 608: “palla,Ov. M. 6, 705.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.705
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.593
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.113
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.608
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