lilium
ἐν τῷ διὰ τῆς κατασκευῆς παρεπιφαινομένῳ περίττῳ → through some excess thing which results through poetic elaboration
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
līlĭum: ĭi, n. λείριον,
I a lily: lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida, Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea, id. 4, 4, 23: hiantia, Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve, short-lived, that blooms but for a short time, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = κρίνον, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.—
II Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
līlĭum,¹² ĭī, n., lis [plante et fleur] : Virg. En. 6, 709 ; Ov. Ars 2, 115 ; Plin. 21, 22 || chevaux de frise [en t. de guerre] : Cæs. G. 7, 73, 8.
