vĭŏlācĕus — Lewis & Short
vĭŏlācĕus, a, um, adj.viola, II.,
I violet-colored, violet: purpura, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136:
flos herbae,Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 47:
gemma,id. 37, 10, 61, § 170.