adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vitreus
vitreus (feminine vitrea, neuter vitreum)
Classical[ˈwɪ.tre.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.tre.us]
Meaning
- adjectivevitreous, glassy
- adjectivetranslucent
- adjectivecolored like iron(II) oxide in glass, colored aqua (glossed with viridis)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pūrus ut vitrumvitreus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 7
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vitreus | vitrea | vitreum |
| genitive | vitreī | vitreae | vitreī |
| dative | vitreō | vitreae | vitreō |
| accusative | vitreum | vitream | vitreum |
| ablative | vitreō | vitreā | vitreō |
| vocative | vitree | vitrea | vitreum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vitreī | vitreae | vitrea |
| genitive | vitreōrum | vitreārum | vitreōrum |
| dative | vitreīs | vitreīs | vitreīs |
| accusative | vitreōs | vitreās | vitrea |
| ablative | vitreīs | vitreīs | vitreīs |
| vocative | vitreī | vitreae | vitrea |
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. ὑαλώδης χολή), Pers. 3, 8.—B. Trop.:
fama, brilliant, Hor. S. 2, 3, 222: fortuna, brittle, fragile, P. Syr. Mim. (Sent. v. 189 Rib.).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vitreus adj.
vitrum, of glass, vitreous: Priapus, i. e. a glass in the form of a Priapus, Iu.: hostis, i. e. a glass chessman, O.—Like glass, glassy, clear, bright, shining, transparent: unda, V.: ros, O.: Circe, brilliant, H.—Fig., brilliant, splendid: quem cepit vitrea fama, H.
Origins
From vitrum (“glass”) + -eus.
Elsewhere
- Portuguesevidrofrom Old Galician-Portuguese vidro
- Spanishvidriofrom Old Spanish vedrio
- Catalanvitri
- Italianvitreo
- Portuguesevítreo
- Spanishvítreo
- Falabridufrom Old Galician-Portuguese vidro
- Galicianvidrofrom Old Galician-Portuguese vidro
- Guinea-Bissau Creolebidrufrom Old Galician-Portuguese vidro
- Japaneseビードロfrom Old Galician-Portuguese vidro
Old Leonese
- Asturianvidru
- Asturianvidriu
- Mirandesebidro
In English words that came into English from vitreus
- vitreousvitreus
- vitrainvitreus