green (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Of colour1. vĭrĭdis, e2. vĭrens, vĭrĭdans (of things growing)3. prăsĭnus (leek-green)4. glaucus (sea-green)5. herbāceus (grass-green)II. Fresh, unseasoned, unripe1. vĭrĭdis, e (that has not yet lost its juice or sap)2. rĕcens3. crūdus (unripe)4. immātūrus • green (adj.): I. Of colour: 1. vĭrĭdis, e: g. emeralds, v. smaragdi, Lucr.: very g. hills, viridissimi colles, Cic.: g. meat, v. pabulum, Col. 7, 9. Hence, perviridis, very g.; subviridis, somewhat g.: Plin. 2. vĭrens, vĭrĭdans (of things growing): v. verdant. 3. prăsĭnus (leek-green): a ball of such a colour, pila p., Petr. 27 (v. Burm. a. l.): a g. hue, color p., Plin. 37, 10, 67: a driver dressed in g., prasinus, Mart. 10, 48, fin.: Petr. 70, extr.: the g. faction (in the Circus), p. factio, Suet. Cal. 55. 4. glaucus (sea-green): the g. waves, g. undae, Virg.: the sea-g. sisters, g. sorores (i. e. Nereïdes), Stat. 5. herbāceus (grass-green): leaves of a grass-g. hue, folia h. coloris, Plin. 20, 13, 51: a grass-g. flower, h. flos, Plin. (see also green, to be). II. Fresh, unseasoned, unripe: 1. vĭrĭdis, e (that has not yet lost its juice or sap): g. cheese, caseus v. [qui adhuc succum retinet], Col. 7, 8, init.: g. (unseasoned) timber, v. materia, Liv. 29, 1, med. Fig.: a fresh and g. old age, cruda v. que senectus, Virg.: Tac. 2. rĕcens: v. fresh. 3. crūdus (unripe): g. apples, c. poma, Cic.: v. unripe. Fig.: g. wounds, c. vulnera, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 19: bondage still g. (i. e. endured but for a short time), c. adhuc servitium, Tac. Ann. 1, 8: cf. supr. (1). 4. immātūrus: v. unripe.