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adoreus

adoreus, of spelt

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

adōreus, a, um: adj. (ador, spelt), of spelt or fine wheat, 7.109.

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adoreas Adjective: feminine accusative plural of adoreus

adoreas Noun: feminine accusative plural of adorea

See adoreas in Morpho

ădōrĕus, a, um, adj. [ador], pertaining to spelt, consisting of spelt.
  • I Adj.: far adoreum = ador, Cato R. R. 83; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; Col. 11, 2, 74 sq.: semen, Cato R. R. 34; Col. 2, 6, 1: liba, Verg. A. 7, 109: bellaria, Stat. S. 1, 6, 10.—
  • II Subst.
    • A ădōrĕa (adoria, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll.; see below), ae, f. (sc. donatio), a reward of valor (in early ages this usually consisted of grain); hence, trop., glory, fame, renown: gloriam denique ipsam a farris honore adoream appellabant, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 14; id. 8, 9, 19, § 83: praedā agroque adoreāque affecit populares suos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38 (190): pulcher fugatis Ille dies Latio tenebris, Qui primus almā risit adoreā, in lordly honor, viz. by the defeat of Hasdrubal, Hor. C. 4, 4, 41. (Festus gives another explanation for the signif. honor, renown, etc.: adoriam laudem sive gloriam dicebant, quia gloriosum eum putabant esse, qui farris copia abundaret, Fest. p. 3 Müll.). —
    • B ădōrĕum. i, n. (sc. far), i. q. ador, spelt, Col. 2, 8, 5.

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