Of marble. Acquor marmoreum. Virg. Candor marmoreus. Lucr. Ceruix marmorea. Virg. As white as marble. Collum marmoreum. Ouid. White and smooth as marble. Columnæ marmoreæ. Cic. Pillers of marble. Domus marmorea. Tibul. Gelu marmoreum. Ouid. The hard yse. Opus marmoreum. Ouid. Palmæ marmoreæ. Ouid. Hands smooth & white as marble. Pauimenta marmorea. Cic. Floores of marble. Signum marmoreum. Cic. Tecta marmorea. Cic. Sola marmorea. Cic. Tumulus marmoreus. Ouid.

I. Lit. (class.): signum aëneum, marmoreum, eburneum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, 1: tecta, id. Par. 1, 3, 13: solum, a floor, id. ib. 6, 3, 49: facere aliquem marmoreum, to make of marble, i. e. as a marble statue, Verg. E. 7, 35: ponere aliquem marmoreum, Hor. C. 4, 1, 20: colossus, Juv. 8, 230: villa, id. 4, 112.—

II. Transf.

A. Of or pertaining to marble, marble- (very rare): ars, Vitr. 4, 1.—

B. Resembling marble (in whiteness or smoothness), marble-like, marble- (mostly poet.): pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 391, 26: cervix, Verg. G. 4, 523: pollex, Ov. M. 13, 746: palmae, id. ib. 3, 481: pedes, id. Am. 2, 11, 15: manus, Mart. 8, 56, 14: candor, marblewhiteness, Lucr. 2, 765: color, i. e. whiteness, id. 2, 775: Paros (from its famous marble quarries), Ov. M. 7, 465: gelu, id. F. 4. 918: aequor, Verg. A. 6, 729.—

C. Adorned with statues: Lucanus in hortis marmoreis, Juv. 7, 80.