adjective

nectărĕus

fem. nectărea · neut. nectăreum

(), , nectar

belonging to nectar, nectared •

of or belonging to nectar, nectared: nectareis quod alatur aquis, Ov. M. 7, 707. —

by extension

Sweet; delicious as nectar •

Sweet or delicious as nectar: Falernum, Mart. 13, 108: fontes, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 209.—

the plant elecampane

Subst.: nectărĕa, ae, f. (sc. herba), the plant elecampane, used for flavoring wine, which was hence called nectarites, Plin. 14, 16, 19. § 108.

Perseus ID: n30637 Key: nectareus