vīrōsus, a, um, adj. virus. Full of or covered with slime, slimy: loci, Cato, R. R. 257, 11: pisces, Cels. 2, 21.

— Sup.: medicamentum adversus stomachum, Scrib. Comp. 103.

— Having a bad odor, stinking, fetid: virosi odoris sordes, Scrib. Comp. 163: castorea, Verg. G. 1, 58: Nemes. Cyneg. 223: eluvies, i. e. urine, Grat. Cyn. 355.

— Poisonous. Lit.: spinae, App. M. 7, p. 196; Mart. Cap. 4, § 332.

— Transf., foul: aures mariti virosa susurronum faece completae, Sid. Ep. 5, 7 fin.