vĭrĭdĭtas — Lewis & Short
vĭrĭdĭtas, ātis, f.viridis,
I green color, greenness, verdure, viridity.
I Lit.:
herbescens viriditas,Cic. Sen. 15, 51:
pratorum,id. ib. 16, 57:
maris,Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76.—
II Transf., freshness, briskness, vigor:
senectus aufert eam viriditatem, in quā etiam nunc erat Scipio,Cic. Lael. 3, 11:
vigere et habere quandam viriditatem,id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:
laurea illa amittit longo intervallo viriditatem,id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29.