vĭŏlācĕus

a, um, adj.

viola, II.

I. violet-colored, violet: purpura, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136: flos herbae, Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 47: gemma, id. 37, 10, 61, § 170.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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