caesius

caesĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. caeruleus],

• bluish gray; very rare, and only of the eyes, cat-eyed: virgo caesia, Ter. Heaut. 1062; v. Don. in h. l. and Gell. 2, 26, 19: isto modo dicere licebit caesios oculos Minervae, caeruleos esse Neptuni, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83 (cf. in Gr. γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη): caesia, Παλλάδιον, has she gray eyes? she is the impersonation of Pallas, * Lucr. 4, 1161: caesius, Ter. Hec. 440 (glaucis oculis, quasi felis oculos habens et glaucos, Don.): hunc, judices, dico, rubrum, brevem, incurvum, canum, subcrispum, caesium, Auct. Her. 4, 49, 63: leo, Cat. 45, 7: sub septentrionibus nutriuntur gentes immanibus corporibus oculis caesiis, Vitr. 6, 1.—Sup. caesissimus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 76 Müll.—Comp. not in use.

caesius, a, um, I) bläulichgrau, blaugrau, von den Augen, pupillae caesius color, Cels.: caesios oculos Minervae, caeruleos esse Neptuni, Cic.: caesii (oculi) in tenebris clariores, Plin. – II) übtr., blaugrauäugig, katzenäugig, virgo, Ter. u. Lucr.: leo, Catull.: hunc dico canum, subcrispum, caesium, Cornif. rhet. – ➳ Superl. caesissumus angef. bei Varr. LL. 8, 76, wo auch Compar. caesior als ungebr. bezeichnet wird.

caesius [CL] 1 blue-grey. ~ios, varios oculos GlC C 200 (cf. ib. 323); 1550 cappe ‥ cum casula, tunica et dalmatica cum ‥ paramentis ‥ ex bisso villosa cerulei aut †resii [? l. cesii] coloris Reg. Aberd. II 193. 2 spotted, freckled. ferntykylde, lentiginosus, lenticulosus, nevosus, cesius CathA.

1 cæsĭus, (14) a, um, tirant sur le vert : cæsii oculi Cic. Nat. 1, 83, yeux pers, cf. Gell. 2, 26, 19 ; Fest. 273 || virgo cæsia Ter. Haut. 1062, jeune fille aux yeux pers || cæsissimus Varro L. 8, 76.

caesius , a, um. adj. s.
蓝色者。

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caesius adj.

• 2 SAC-, SEC-, cutting, sharp(only of the eyes): oculi Minervae; hence, cateyed, gray-eyed: virgo, T.: leo, Ct.