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flāvĕo, ēre, v. n. [flavus], to be golden yellow or gold-colored, to be light yellow (poet.): sed cum maturis flavebit messis aristis, Col. poët. 10, 311; Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 124.
In part. pres.: flaventes cerae, Ov. M. 8, 671: culta, Verg. G. 4, 126: Clytius flavens prima lanugine malas, id. A. 10, 324.

flāvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [flaveo], to become golden yellow or gold-colored, to turn a light yellow (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): molli paulatim flavescet campus arista, Verg. E. 4, 28: flavescere haphe, Mart. 7, 66, 5; so of gold, id. 9, 24, 1; Ov. M. 8, 703: ne (ebur) flavescere possit, id. Am. 2, 5, 39: folium fagi celerrime flavescens, Plin. 16, 6, 7, § 18; cf. id. 19, 8, 47, § 159; 15, 29, 36, § 121; Vulg. Prov. 23, 31.

Flāvĭālis, e, v. Flavius, II. B.

Flāvĭānus, a, um, v. Flavius, II. C.

* flāvĭcŏmans, antis, adj. [flavus + comans], yellow-haired, flaxen-haired: pueri, Prud. Apoth. 495.

* flāvĭcŏmus, a, um, adj. [flavus + coma], yellow-haired, flaxen-haired: corymbion, Petr. 110 (al. flavus).

flāvĭdus, a, um, adj. [flavus], of a golden yellow, yellowish: fel, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 20, 194: rapacia, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127.

Flāvīna, ae, f., a small city of Etruria, Sil. 8, 492; called also Flāvīnĭum, i, n., Serv. Verg. A. 7, 698.
Hence, Flāvīnĭ-us, a, um, adj., Flavinian: arva, Verg. A. 7, 696 Serv.

(flavissae, a false reading in Non. 112, 29, for favissae, v. h. v.).)

Flāvĭus, a,

  1. I. the name of a Roman gens: gens Flavia, Suet. Vesp. 1; Mart. 9, 2, 8.
    So in partic. Cn. Flavius, the scribe of the pontifiex maximus, Appius Caecus, who published the Fasti, Liv. 9, 46, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17; v. fasti. From the gens Flavia were descended the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, Suet. Vesp. 1.
    Hence poet., Flavius ultimus for Domitianus, Juv. 4, 37.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Flā-vĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius: templa, i. e. built by Domitian, Mart. 9, 4, 12; 9, 35, 2.
    2. B. Flāvĭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the college of priests for the Flavian family, instituted by Domitian, Flavial-: FLAMEN, Inscr. Orell. 2220: PONTIFEX, ib. 3672: COMES, ib. 3162: SEXVIR, ib. 3726: XVVIRI, ib. 2375: assidentibus Diali sacerdote et collegio Flavialium, Suet. Dom. 4.
    3. C. Flāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Flavius, Flavian: jus civile, named after Cn. Flavius, the publisher of the Fasti, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 7: partes, i. e. the adherents of Vespasian, Tac. H. 2, 67; 3, 1.

flāvus, a, um, adj. [for flag-vus from FLAG, flagro, burning, light-colored], golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-colored, ξανθός (mostly poet.): color, Col. 4, 3, 4: mellis dulci flavoque liquore, Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13: mella, Mart. 1, 56, 10: aurum, Verg. A. 1, 592: Ceres, id. G. 1, 96; cf. of the same: et te, flava comas, frugum mitissima mater, Ov. M. 6, 118: mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 377 ed. Vahl.): arva, Verg. G. 1, 316: crines, id. A. 12, 605: coma, Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; cf.: Galanthis flava comas, Ov. M. 9, 307: flavus comarum Curio, Sil. 9, 414: Ganymedes, Hor. C. 4, 4, 4: Phyllis, id. ib. 2, 4, 14: Chloë, id. ib. 3, 9, 19: Tiberis, reddish yellow (from the puzzolan earth on its ground), id. ib. 1, 2, 13; 1, 8, 8; 2, 3, 18: Tiberinus multa flavus harena, Verg. A. 7, 31; Ov. M. 14, 447: Lycormas, id. ib. 2, 245: pudor, blushing, Sen. Hippol. 652: capillus in flavum colorem, Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 30.
Subst.: an de moneta Caesaris decem flavos, gold pieces (cf. Engl. yellow-boys), Mart. 12, 65, 6.
Comp.: flavior, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 2, p. 31.