- flavus
- flāvus, a, um, adj. [for flag-vus from FLAG, flagro, burning, light-colored], golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-colored, xanthos (mostly poet. ):
color,
Col. 4, 3, 4:mellis dulci flavoque liquore,
Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13:mella,
Mart. 1, 56, 10:aurum,
Verg. A. 1, 592:Ceres,
id. G. 1, 96; cf.of the same: et te, flava comas, frugum mitissima mater,
Ov. M. 6, 118: mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 377 ed. Vahl.):arva,
Verg. G. 1, 316:crines,
id. A. 12, 605:coma,
Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; cf.:Galanthis flava comas,
Ov. M. 9, 307:flavus comarum Curio,
Sil. 9, 414:Ganymedes,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 4:Phyllis,
id. ib. 2, 4, 14:Chloë,
id. ib. 3, 9, 19: Tiberis, reddish yellow (from the puzzolan earth on its ground), id. ib. 1, 2, 13; 1, 8, 8;2, 3, 18: Tiberinus multa flavus harena,
Verg. A. 7, 31; Ov. M. 14, 447:Lycormas,
id. ib. 2, 245:pudor,
blushing, Sen. Hippol. 652:capillus in flavum colorem,
Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 30.— Subst.: an de moneta Caesaris decem flavos, gold pieces (cf. Engl. yellow-boys ), Mart. 12, 65, 6.— Comp.: flavior, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 2, p. 31.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.