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Fulvia, ae, v. Fulvius.

fulvaster, tra, trum, adj. [fulvus], yellowish (post-class.): radix, App. Herb. 109.

Fulvĭus, a,

  1. I. name of a Roman gens, Cic. Planc. 8, 20. So esp.,
      1. 1. M. Fulvius Flaccus, a friend of C. Gracchus, who lost his life with him, Cic. Brut. 28, 108; id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; 1, 12, 29; id. Phil. 8, 4, 14; Liv. Epit. 59.
      2. 2. M. Fulvius Nobilior, Cic. Arch. 11; id. Tusc. 1, 2; id. Att. 4, 16.
      3. 3. Q. Fulvius Flaccus, Cic. Agr. 2, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106.
      4. 4. Q. Fulvius Nobilior, Cic. Brut. 20.
        Servius Fulvius Flaccus, Cic. ib. 21 and 32.
        Fulvia, daughter of M. Fulvius Bambalio, and successively the wife of P. Clodius, C. Curio, and M. Antony, Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 11; id. Att. 14, 12, 1.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Fulvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fulvius or Fulvia, Fulvian: herba, named after a Fulvius, Plin. 26, 8, 57, § 68: stola, of Fulvia, wife of P. Clodius, Val. Max. 3, 5, 3.
    2. B. Fulvĭaster, tri, m., an imitator of a Fulvius, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 4 Orell. N. cr.

fulvus, a, um, adj. [v. fulgeo], deep yellow, reddish yellow, gold-colored, tawny (mostly poet.): corpora leonum, Lucr. 5, 902; cf. Hor. C. 4, 4, 14: tegmen lupae, Verg. A. 1, 275: canis Lacon, Hor. Epod. 6, 5: cassis equinis jubis, Ov. M. 12, 88: boves, Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 9: vitulus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 60: caesaries, Verg. A. 11, 642: arena, id. ib. 12, 741: aurum, id. ib. 7, 279; cf.: subtemen (auri), Sil. 7, 80: cera, Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 83: color vini, id. 14, 9, 11, § 80: sidera, Tib. 2, 1, 88.
Hence, poet. transf.: Olympus, Val. Fl. 7, 158: lumen, Verg. A. 7, 76: nubes, id. ib. 12, 792 (but not in Lucr. 6, 461, where furva is the right reading): aquila, Verg. A. 11, 751; cf.: ales Jovis, id. ib. 12, 247: nuntia Jovis, Cic. poët. Leg. 1, 1, 2: virgae, i. e. withering stalks, Ov. M. 10, 191.
Hence, subst.: fulvum, i, n., reddish-yellow, Sol. 17, 5.