snow-white
snow-white
adj.
Use white.
adj.
Use white.
snow-white, snowy:
I. Of colour:
1. nĭveus: s.-white arms, n. lacerti, Virg. Aen. 8, 387: Briseis of a s.-white complexion, Briseis n. colore, Hor. Od. 2, 4, 3: cf. n. dens, Ov. H. 18, 18.
2. nĭvālis: horses of a s.y whiteness, equi candore n., Virg. Aen. 3, 538. Fig.: n. Pietas, Prud. in Symm. 2, 249.
3. candĭdus: Virg.: Hor.: Ov.: v.FAIR : cf. candidum alta nive Soracte, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 1. Phr.: the ceilings shone with s.-white ivory, tecta fulgebant eboris nive, App. de Mundo, p. 346 (270). For fig. sense, v. PURE , SPOTLESS .
II. Consisting of snow or covered with snow:
1. nĭvālis: a s.y day, n. dies, Liv. 21, 54, post med.: s.y regions, nivalia (loca), Plin. 26, 8, 29, § 46: Hebrus bound with s.y fetter, H. n. compede vinctus, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3.
2. nĭveus: v.SNOW-CLAD , SNOW-DRIFT .
3. nĭvōsus (full of snow): a cold, s.y winter, hiems gelida ac n., Liv. 5, 13, init.: cf. n. Scythia, Ov. H. 12, 27.
4. ninguĭdus (very late): s.y ridges, juga n., Aus. Ep. 24, 68 (69). [In Prud. Cath. 5, 97, manna is called n. cibus = food falling from the sky like snow.]
III. Fig.: spotless, pure, innocent, q. v.
I. Of colour:
1. nĭveus: s.-white arms, n. lacerti, Virg. Aen. 8, 387: Briseis of a s.-white complexion, Briseis n. colore, Hor. Od. 2, 4, 3: cf. n. dens, Ov. H. 18, 18.
2. nĭvālis: horses of a s.y whiteness, equi candore n., Virg. Aen. 3, 538. Fig.: n. Pietas, Prud. in Symm. 2, 249.
3. candĭdus: Virg.: Hor.: Ov.: v.
II. Consisting of snow or covered with snow:
1. nĭvālis: a s.y day, n. dies, Liv. 21, 54, post med.: s.y regions, nivalia (loca), Plin. 26, 8, 29, § 46: Hebrus bound with s.y fetter, H. n. compede vinctus, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3.
2. nĭveus: v.
3. nĭvōsus (full of snow): a cold, s.y winter, hiems gelida ac n., Liv. 5, 13, init.: cf. n. Scythia, Ov. H. 12, 27.
4. ninguĭdus (very late): s.y ridges, juga n., Aus. Ep. 24, 68 (69). [In Prud. Cath. 5, 97, manna is called n. cibus = food falling from the sky like snow.]
III. Fig.: spotless, pure, innocent, q. v.