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.
green (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The colourII. An open lawnIII. In pl., cabbage, etc. • green (subs.): I. The colour: color vĭrĭdis, prăsĭnus, herbāceus, etc.: v. preced. art. Also simply viride, is, n.: cf. baccae e viridi rubentes, Plin. 15, 30, 39. II. An open lawn: herbosus, herbidus campus, locus: v. grassy. III. In pl., cabbage, etc.: ŏlus, ĕris, n. (both sing. and pl.): v. garden-stuff, vegetables.
GREEN Copy link • GREEN 1. Having a color compounded of blue and yellow, viridis (general term): frondens (having leaves, or being out; e.g., of trees): subviridis: e viridi pallens (light green): a reddish green, e viridi rubens (Plin.): acriter viridis: perviridis: *e viridi nigricans (a dark-shaded green): hyalinus (of the color of glass, later only): herbeus: herbaceus (of the color of grass, †): prasinus (garlic-, or yellowish-colored): glaucus (of the color of the sea; poetical thalassinus): psittacinus (of the color of a parrot): recens: vivus (fresh; e.g., turf): gramine vestitus: herbis convestitus (clothed with grass). To become green, virescere: frondescere (to put forth its leaves; of trees): to become green again, revirescere: to be green, virere: frondere (to be in leaf) : Green; opposed to dry (of wood), viridis: humidus (full of sap, moisture; e.g., materia). (The words are found in this connection and order.) viridis atque humidus (e.g., ligna, Caes.). Green (opposed to ripe), crudus: immaturus: acerbus [Vid: UNRIPE]. Recent; e.g., a green wound, crudum (adhuc) vulnus (Cels., Ov.). Inexperienced, homo novus: novitius: novellus (that has only just arrived; Vid: Liv., 41, 5): tiro, or rudis, or (The words are found in this connection and order.) tiro et rudis in aliqua re (a beginner only): peregrinus or hospes, or peregrinus atque hospes in aliqua re (inexperienced; Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 50, extr.: fateor... et nulla, in re tironem ac rudem, neque peregrinum atque hospitem in agendo esse debere). 2. s. Green co lor, viride (e.g., e viridi pallens): color viridis: bright green, color perviridis. A grassy plain, locus or campus herbidus: terrenum herbidum (Liv., ; of a green before the walls of a city). Green vegetables, viridia, ium, n.; olus, or plur., olera; *brassica viridis (cabbage, Linn.).