- gramineus
- grāmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [gramen], of grass, covered with grass, grassy.I.In gen.:II.
campus,
Verg. A. 5, 287:palaestrae,
id. ib. 6, 642:sedile,
id. ib. 8, 176:arae,
id. ib. 12, 119: corona obsidionalis, a grass crown presented by those who were delivered from a siege to their deliverer, among the Romans the highest mark of military honor, Liv. 7, 37, 2; cf. Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 6; Gell. 5, 6, 8; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 309.—In partic., of Indian reed, bamboo:hasta (Minervae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.