herbidus

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οὐκ ἔστ' ἀλώπηξ ἡ μὲν εἴρων τῇ φύσει ἡ δ' αὐθέκαστος → foxes are not one of a treacherous nature and the other straightforward, the nature of foxes is not for one to be treacherous and the other straightforward

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

herbĭdus: a, um, adj. herba.
I Full of grass or herbs, grassy: campi, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; Liv. 9, 2, 7: Epiros, Ov. M. 8, 282: segetes, full of weeds, Col. 1, 6, 22: potus, obtained from herbs, Plin. 24, 6, 19, § 28: insulae herbidae omnes harundine et junco, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5: ripae, Amm. 14, 3, 4.—
II Like grass, grassy, grass-colored: folium herbidi coloris, Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 56: lux, Prud. Psych. 863.