violet
violet
subs.
P. ἴον, τό (Dem. 615).
Crowned with violets, adj.: Ar. ἰοστέφᾰνος.
subs.
P. ἴον, τό (Dem. 615).
Crowned with violets, adj.: Ar. ἰοστέφᾰνος.
violet
subs. and adj.
Of colour: see purple.
subs. and adj.
Of colour: see purple.
VIOLET
viola (☞ under this name were comprised various kinds of flowers which resembled the violet; Vid: the lexicographers): *viola odorata (Linn.): A violet bed violarium: violet blue violaceus; ianthinus (ἰάνθινος of a brownish color): amethystinus (Martialis).
viola (☞ under this name were comprised various kinds of flowers which resembled the violet; Vid: the lexicographers): *viola odorata (Linn.): A violet bed violarium: violet blue violaceus; ianthinus (ἰάνθινος of a brownish color): amethystinus (Martialis).
violet (subs.):
I. The flower:
1. viŏla (under which term the Romans designated other flowers: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.): *Viola odorata, Linn.: dark v.s, nigrae (i. e. purpureae) v., Virg. E. 10, 39: pale-coloured v.s, pallentes v., ib. 2, 47. cf. Plin. 21, 6, 14, § 27: to smell of the v., *violam olere (Georg.).
2. ion, ii, n. (= ἴον) cf. Plin. ib. (solaeque [purpureae violae] Graeco nomine a ceteris discernuntur, appellatae ia.). Phr.: a bed (or bank) of v.s, violarium, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1: Virg. G. 4, 32: Hor.: Ov. (And even viola, simply, in this sense: to make a v.-bed, v facere, Col. Arb. 30.)
II. The colour: viŏla: the paleness of lovers tinged with v., tinctus viola pallor amantium, Hor. Od. 3, 10, 14: cf. Ov. M. 10, 190: a dyer of v., violarius, Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 36.
I. The flower:
1. viŏla (under which term the Romans designated other flowers: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.): *Viola odorata, Linn.: dark v.s, nigrae (i. e. purpureae) v., Virg. E. 10, 39: pale-coloured v.s, pallentes v., ib. 2, 47. cf. Plin. 21, 6, 14, § 27: to smell of the v., *violam olere (Georg.).
2. ion, ii, n. (= ἴον) cf. Plin. ib. (solaeque [purpureae violae] Graeco nomine a ceteris discernuntur, appellatae ia.). Phr.: a bed (
II. The colour: viŏla: the paleness of lovers tinged with v., tinctus viola pallor amantium, Hor. Od. 3, 10, 14: cf. Ov. M. 10, 190: a dyer of v., violarius, Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 36.
violet (adj.):
1. viŏlāceus (violet-coloured): a v.-purple, v. purpura, Nep. in Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136: a v.-gem, v. (gemma), id. 37, 10, 61, § 170.
2. ianthĭnus (= ἰάνθινος: like preced.): v.-colour, i. color, id. 21, 8, 22, § 45: a v.-dress, i. vestis, id. 21, 6, 14, § 27. Also as subs.: v.-garments, ianthina, orum, Mart. 2, 39.
3. viŏlāris, e (pertaining to violets): v.-day, v. dies (the day on which graves were garlanded with violets, roses, etc.), Inscr.
1. viŏlāceus (violet-coloured): a v.-purple, v. purpura, Nep. in Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136: a v.-gem, v. (gemma), id. 37, 10, 61, § 170.
2. ianthĭnus (= ἰάνθινος: like preced.): v.-colour, i. color, id. 21, 8, 22, § 45: a v.-dress, i. vestis, id. 21, 6, 14, § 27. Also as subs.: v.-garments, ianthina, orum, Mart. 2, 39.
3. viŏlāris, e (pertaining to violets): v.-day, v. dies (the day on which graves were garlanded with violets, roses, etc.), Inscr.