gramineus

Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not

Menander, Monostichoi, 296

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

grāmĭnĕus: a, um, adj. gramen,
I of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
I In gen.: 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.—
II In partic., of Indian reed, bamboo: hasta (Minervae), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.

grāmĭnĕus,¹² a, um (gramen), de gazon : graminea corona Liv. 7, 37, 2, couronne de gazon, v. obsidionalis || de bambou : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 125.