vī^trĕus — Lewis & Short
vī^trĕus, a, um, adj.vitrum,
I of glass, glass-, vitreous.
I Lit.
A Adj.:
vasa,Col. 12, 4, 4:
Priapus,a glass in the form of a Priapus, Juv. 2, 95:
hostis,i. e. a glass chessman, Ov. A. A. 2, 208:
latro,Mart. 7, 72, 8:
faba,Petr. 76.—
B Subst.: vī^trĕa, ōrum, n., glass vessels, glassware, Mart. 1, 42, 5; Stat. S. 1, 6, 73: vitrea fracta, broken glass, as a designation for trifles, trumpery, Petr. 10.—
II Transf., like glass, glassy, in color or transparency, clear, bright, shining, transparent:
unda,Verg. A. 7, 759:
antra,Ov. M. 5, 48:
pontus,Hor. C. 4, 2, 3:
sedilia,Verg. G. 4, 350:
ros,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 55:
color,i. e. sea-green, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100:
Circe,brilliant, beautiful, Hor. C. 1, 17, 20: togae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 448, 28; 536, 32: turgescit vitrea bilis, i. e. transparent (transl. of Gr. u(alw/dhs xolh/), Pers. 3, 8.—
B Trop.:
fama,brilliant, Hor. S. 2, 3, 222: fortuna, brittle, fragile, P. Syr. Mim. (Sent. v. 189 Rib.).