ferrugineus
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ferrūgĭnĕus: (ferrūgĭnus, Lucr. 4, 76), a, um, adj. id..
I Of color, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red, dusky, ferruginous: palliolum habeas ferrugineum, nam is colos thalassicust, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43: vela lutea, russa, ferrugina, Lucr. 4, 76: cymba, Verg. A. 6, 303 (= κυανέη, for which: caerulea puppis, id. ib. 6, 410): hyacinthi, id. G. 4, 183: frons anguis, Stat. Th. 1, 600: nemus (inferorum), id. ib. 2, 13; cf.: amictus Plutonis, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 275.—
II Of taste, like iron, ferruginous: sapor fontis, Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ferrūgĭnĕus,¹⁴ a, um (ferrugo), couleur de fer, bleu foncé : Pl. Mil. 1179 ; Virg. En. 6, 303 || ferrugineux : Plin. 31, 12 || ferrūgĭnus, a, um, Lucr. 4, 76 || ferrūgĭnōsus, a, um, N. Tir. 77, 31.
Latin > German (Georges)
ferrūgineus, a, um (ferrugo), eisenartig, a) von Farbe, eisengrau, dunkelfarbig, dunkelbraun, dunkelblau, stahlblau (s. Forbiger Verg. georg. 1, 467), color, Prud.: palliolum, Plaut.: causia, Plaut.: maculae, Plin.: hyacinthus, Col. u. Verg.: cymba, Verg. – b) von Geschmack, eisenartig, eisenhaltig, sapor, Plin. 31, 12. – Nbf. ferrūginus, a, um, Lucr. 4, 74.
