Argenteus

1.

argentĕus, a, um, adj. [argentum].

I.

Of or from silver, made of silver (cf. argentum, I. A.): polubrum, Liv. And. ap. Non. p. 544, 23:

aquila,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

brattea,

Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 105:

phalerae,

id. 8, 5, 5, § 12:

vasa,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 73; so Vulg. Gen. 24, 53; ib. 2 Tim. 2, 20; Tac. G. 5:

Triton,

Suet. Claud. 21 fin.:

dei,

Vulg. Dan. 5, 4:

leones,

ib. 1 Par. 28, 17:

simulacra,

ib. Apoc. 9, 20:

nummus,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47; so Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 36:

denarius,

Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38; also absol. argenteus, Tac. G. 5; so Vulg. Gen. 20, 16; ib. Matt. 26, 15 al.—

II.

Metaph.

A.

Adorned with silver, = argentatus:

scaena,

Cic. Mur. 19 fin.:

acies,

Liv. 10, 39 (cf. a little before: per picta atque aurata scuta; and v. argentatus, I.).—

B.

Of a white, silver color, silvery:

niveis argentea pennis Ales,

Ov. M. 2, 536:

color,

id. ib. 10, 213; so,

fons,

id. ib. 3, 407:

undae,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

lilia,

Prop. 5, 4, 25:

anser,

Verg. A. 8, 655:

crinis,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90 al. —

C.

Of the silver age:

subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior, fulvo pretiosior aere,

Ov. M. 1, 114.—

III.

In comic style, of or from money (cf. argentum, I. B. 2.):

salus,

a silver salutation, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 44 sq.: amica tua facta est argentea, is turned into money, i. e. has been sold, id. ib. 1, 3, 113.

2.

Argentĕus, a, um, adj., a standing epithet of a river in Gallia Narbonensis, now Argents: flumen Argenteum, Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1:

amnis Argenteus,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35; with a tēte du pont and castle: Pons Argenteus, Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, B.