I.pertaining to spelt, consisting of spelt.
I. Adj.: “far adoreum = ador,” Cato, R. R. 83; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; Col. 11, 2, 74 sq.: “semen,” Cato, R. R. 34; Col. 2, 6, 1: “liba,” Verg. A. 7, 109: “bellaria,” Stat. S. 1, 6, 10.—
II. Subst.
A. ădōrĕa (adoria, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll.; see below), ae, f. (sc. donatio), a reward of valor (in early ages this usually consisted of grain); hence, trop., glory, fame, renown: “gloriam denique ipsam a farris honore adoream appellabant,” Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 14; id. 8, 9, 19, § 83: “praedā agroque adoreāque affecit populares suos,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38: pulcher fugatis Ille dies Latio tenebris, Qui primus almā risit adoreā, in lordly honor, viz. by the defeat of Hasdrubal, Hor. C. 4, 4, 41. (Festus gives another explanation for the signif. honor, renown, etc.: “adoriam laudem sive gloriam dicebant, quia gloriosum eum putabant esse, qui farris copia abundaret,” Fest. p. 3 Müll.). —
B. ădōrĕum . i, n. (sc. far), i. q. ador, spelt, Col. 2, 8, 5.