nivarius

οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nĭvārĭus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or belonging to snow: nivarium colum, a strainer filled with snow, through which generous wines were filtered, whereas the commoner sorts were merely passed through a linen cloth, filled with snow, Mart. 14, 103 in lemm.; Dig. 34, 2, 21; the latter called nivarius saccus, Mart. 14, 104 in lemm.

nĭvārĭus, a, um (nix), relatif à la neige, rempli de neige : Mart. 14, 103 (in lemmate) ; Dig. 34, 2, 21.

nivārius, a, um (nix), zum Schnee gehörig, Schnee-, colum, mit Schnee angefüllt, durch das nachher der Wein geseiht wird, Mart. 14, 103 lemm.: so auch saccus, Mart. 14, 104 lemm.