myrteum

myrtĕus ( murtĕus ), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to myrtles, myrtle-.

I.

Lit.:

myrtea silva,

Verg. A. 6, 443:

corona,

Val. Max. 3, 6, 5; cf.: myrtea corona (Papirius) usus est, quod Sardos in campis Myrteis superāsset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.:

oleum,

Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.—Also, absol.: myr-tĕum, i, n., myrtle-oil, Cels. 2, 33:

vinum,

Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.—

II.

Transf.

A.

Furnished or adorned with myrtle:

coma,

Tib. 3, 4, 28.—

B.

Myrtle-colored, chestnutbrown:

gausapila,

Petr. 21.—

C.

Olea murtea, a kind of olive-tree, Col. 5, 8, 4.—

D.

Subst.: Myrtĕa, ae, f., the goddess to whom the myrtle is sacred, i. e. Venus, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.