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nĭvālis

nĭvālis · adj

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What it meant

nĭvālis — Lewis & Short

nĭvālis, e, adj.nix,

I of or belonging to snow, snowy, snow-.

I Lit.: nivalis dies, a snowy day, Liv. 21, 54, 7: nivalia (sc. loca), Plin. 26, 8, 29, § 46: Haemonia, Hor. C. 1, 37, 19: venti, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126: axis, the region of snow, Val. Fl. 5, 225: Hebrus nivali compede vinctus, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3: undae, water filled with snow, Mart. 14, 118, 1: aqua nivalis, snow-water, Gell. 19, 5, 3: terrae et pruinosae, Amm. 23, 6, 43.—

II Transf.

A Cold: dies, a cold, dull day: dicimus nivalem diem, cum altum frigus et triste caelum est, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 3; Flor. 2, 6, 12: osculum, cold, frigid, Mart. 7, 95, 2.—

B Snow-like, snowy: equi candore nivali, Verg. A. 3, 538.—Trop.: nivalis Pietas, Prud. Symm. 2, 249.

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