Lewis & Short

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cī̆trĕus, a. um, adj. [citrus].

  1. I. Of or pertaining to the citrus-tree: mālus, the citrustree, Opp. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15: malum, citrusapple, Cloat. ib.: mensa, of citrus-wood (which was much prized by the ancients), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: sub trabe citreā, Hor. C. 4, 1, 20 Zumpt; Petr. 119, 29; Mart. 14, 89: lecti, Pers. 1, 53: oleum, Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.
    1. B. Subst.: cĭtrĕa, ae, f., = ci-trus, Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.
  2. II. Pertaining to the citron-tree; only subst. cĭtrĕ-um, i, n., the citron, Plin. 23, 6, 56, § 105; Pall. Mart. 10, 15.