adjective
pōmārĭus
Meaning
- belonging to fruit
pōmārĭus, a, um, adj. pomum,
I. of or belonging to fruit or fruit-trees, fruit-:
seminarium, Cato, R. R. 48.—II. Subst.
A. pōmārĭus, ii, m., a fruit-seller, fruiterer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 227; Lampr. Elag. 27; Inscr. Grut. 651, 11.—
B. pōmārĭum, ii, n.
1. A fruit-garden, orchard, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 6; Col. 5, 10; id. Arb. 8; Cic. Sen. 15, 54; Sen. Ep. 122, 8; Hor. C. 1, 7, 14; Ov. de Nuce, 111; Vulg. Dan. 13, 4.—
2. A store-room for fruit, a fruit-loft, fruitery, Varr. R. R. 1, 2; Plin. 15, 16, 18, § 59 (acc. to Charis. p. 23 P., pōmārĭus, ii, m., sc. locus, but without proof).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pōmārius adj.
pomum, of fruit, of fruittrees .—As subst m., a fruiterer , H.—As subst n., a fruit-garden, orchard , C., H., O.