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herbĭdo, āre, 1, v. a. [herbidus], to give a grassy appearance to: terras, Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.

herbĭdus, a, um, adj. [herba].

  1. I. Full of grass or herbs, grassy: campi, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; Liv. 9, 2, 7: Epiros, Ov. M. 8, 282: segetes, full of weeds, Col. 1, 6, 22: potus, obtained from herbs, Plin. 24, 6, 19, § 28: insulae herbidae omnes harundine et junco, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5: ripae, Amm. 14, 3, 4.
  2. II. Like grass, grassy, grass-colored: folium herbidi coloris, Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 56: lux, Prud. Psych. 863.

herbĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [herba-fero], producing grass or herbs, grassy, herbiferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): colles, Ov. M. 14, 9: Acis, id. F. 4, 468: Pelius mons, Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94.

* herbĭgrădus, a, um, adj. [herbagradior], going in the grass, a poet. epithet of the snail, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133.

herbĭlis, e, adj. [herba], fed with grass: anser, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 129; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.

* herbĭpŏtens, entis, adj. [herba-potens], skilled in herbs (poet.): manus (Circes), Boëth. Cons. 4, 3, 9.

Herbĭta, ae, f., = Ἑρβίτα,

  1. I. a town in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 32, § 75.
  2. II. Deriv. Herbĭtensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Herbita, Herbitan: ager, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47.
    Subst.: Herbĭtenses, ĭum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Herbita, Herbitans, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 156.