Nix, niuis, Plin. Snow.Niue candidiores equi.Ouid.Alpinæ niues.Virg. Glomeratæ turbine niues Sil. Alta nix iacet.Virg.Snow driuen togither withBrumalis nix.Ouid.a whirle winde.Caduca.Ouid. Hiberua niue curgidi siuuij. Cana. Hor. Horet. Concreta nix acri pruina. Horrisera nix. Val. Flac.Lucret. Iactara. Ouid.Conspicuæ niues. Sen. Madens sole nix. Ouid.TheDiscutla nix. Val Flac. snow melted with the sun.Dorasæniues. Hor. Purm niues. Ouid.Duræ nines. Prop. Roraræ. Ouid.Gelidæ.Ouid. Solutæ. Ouid.Melted.Teneræ niues.Ouid. Verna nix. Ouid.Concrescit niue pruináque aqua.Cic.Congestas conteret ille niues.Ouid.Eluctor niues.Ouid.Ritu niuis fundunt tela vndique. Virgil. They tast downe the weapons as thicke as snow.Niues glaciat luppiter. Horat. Boreas indurat niues. Ouid.Perfusæ niues imbre madescunt.Senec.Auster mollit niuem.Ouid. Obrutus niuibus. Liu.Infusa nix tegit humeros.Virg. Capitis niues. Horat. Hoare or gray haires.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
nix, nĭvis, f. [cf. Gr. ni/fa (acc.), snow; Lat. ningit, ninguit], snow.I.Lit.: Anaxagoras nivem nigram dixit esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 72: pars terrarum obriguit nive pruināque, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: miles nivibus pruinisque obrutus, Liv. 5, 2; Lact. 3, 24, 1: opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv. 10, 152: duratae solo nives, Hor. C. 3, 24, 39; 4, 12, 4: alta, Verg. G. 1, 310: nives solutae, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93: horrifera, Val. Fl. 6, 306; Plin. 2, 103, 106, 234.—II.Transf., white color, whiteness: capitis nives, i. e.
white hair
, Hor. C. 4, 13, 12; Prud. praef. Cath. 25 (dura translatio, Quint. 8, 6, 17): eboris, App. de Mundo, p. 69, 21.—B.Plur.: nives, snows, i. e. a cold climate, Prop. 1, 8, 8.
