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virosus1

virosus1 · adj

fond of men

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Where it lives

Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. vĭrōsus — Lewis & Short

vĭrōsus, a, um, adj.vir,

I fond of men, longing after men: uxor, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 30; Afran. ib.; App. M. 9, p. 223 med.: qui non modo vinosus, sed virosus quoque sit, Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5.

2. vīrōsus — Lewis & Short

vīrōsus, a, um, adj.virus.

I Full of or covered with slime, slimy: loci, Cato, R. R. 257, 11: pisces, Cels. 2, 21.— Sup.: medicamentum adversus stomachum, Scrib. Comp. 103.—

II Having a bad odor, stinking, fetid: virosi odoris sordes, Scrib. Comp. 163: castorea, Verg. G. 1, 58: Nemes. Cyneg. 223: eluvies, i. e. urine, Grat. Cyn. 355.—

III Poisonous.

A Lit.: spinae, App. M. 7, p. 196; Mart. Cap. 4, § 332. —

B Transf., foul: aures mariti virosa susurronum faece completae, Sid. Ep. 5, 7 fin.

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