I.a lake in Etruria, near Sutrium, now Lago di Vico, or di Ronciglione, with a mountain forest lying near it, Verg. A. 7, 697.—Hence, Cĭmĭnĭus , a, um, adj., Ciminian: “lacus,” i.e. Ciminus, Col. 8, 16, 2: “silva,” Liv. 9, 36, 1 sq.; 10, 24, 5; Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211: “saltus,” Liv. 9, 36, 6; cf. Flor. 1, 17, 2: “mons,” Liv. 9, 36, 11.—As subst.: Cĭ-mĭnĭa , ae, f., the region about Lake Ciminus, Amm. 17, 7, 13.
Cĭmĭnus , i, m.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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