virectum
From LSJ
πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĭrectum: (less correctly vĭrētum), i, n. vireo,
I a place overgrown with grass, a green place, greensward, sod, turf: viretum, ἀνθῶν τόπος, Gloss.; mostly in plur.: virecta nemorum, Verg. A. 6, 638: amoena virecta, of Paradise, Prud. Cath. 3, 101: latissima, Apol. M. 4, p. 143, 2: patentia, id. ib. 8, p. 209 fin.; 10, p. 263, 24.—
II Transf., greenness, in gen.: Scythidis (i. e. smaragdi), Mart. Cap. 1, § 67.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vĭrectum,¹⁶ ī, n. (vireo), endroit verdoyant, partie gazonnée : Virg. En. 6, 638 ; Apul. M. 4, 2 ; 8, 18 ; 10, 30 || [fig.] vert, couleur verte : Capel. 1, 67.
