pulvĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [pulvis].
- I. Of or containing dust, filled with or full of dust, dust-: nubes, clouds of dust, Verg. A. 8, 593: turbo, a whirlwind of dust, Claud. B. Get. 458: farina, fine as dust, Ov. Med. Fac. 61: solum, id. M. 7, 113: aequor, a battle-field filled with dust, Stat. Th. 11, 403: crinis, id. ib. 6, 7: circus, id. ib. 6, 493: aspectus, dusty, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170: erat ex itinere anhelus et pulvereus, covered with dust, Pac. Pan. Theod. 34: pulverei et cinerosi mortui, App. M. 4, p. 150, 27.
- II. Act., that raises the dust: equi, Val. Fl. 4, 608: palla, Ov. M. 6, 705.