myrteus (murteus), a, um, adj. id., of or belonging to myrtles, myrtle-. Lit.: myrtea silva, Verg. A. 6, 443: corona, Val. Max. 3, 6, 5; cf.: myrtea corona (Papirius) usus est, quod Sardos in campis Myrteis superāsset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Mull.: oleum, Plin. 23, 4, 45, § 88.

—Also, absol.: myr-teum, i, n., myrtle-oil, Cels. 2, 33: vinum, Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.

— Transf. Furnished or adorned with myrtle: coma, Tib. 3, 4, 28.

— Myrtle-colored, chestnutbrown: gausapila, Petr. 21.

— Olea murtea, a kind of olive-tree, Col. 5, 8, 4.

— Subst.: Myrtea, ae, f., the goddess to whom the myrtle is sacred, i. e. Venus, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.