Lilium, lilij, n. g. Herbæ hortensis genus. Plin. A little.Alba lilia.Virg. Breue lilium. Horat. Candida lilia.Virg. Grandia lilia. Ouid.Canentia lilia.Ouid. Infringere lilia. Ouid.Liliaceus. Adiect. Vnde Oleum liliaceum, Pali. Oyle of lillies.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
līlĭum, ĭi, n. [lei/rion], a lily: lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est, Plin. 21, 5, 11, 22; 21, 19, 74, 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida, Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea, id. 4, 4, 23: hiantia, Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve,
short-lived, that blooms but for a short time
, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = kri/non, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, 24.—II.Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.