I.of or belonging to a mountain, mountain-; full of mountains, mountainous (class.): “locus montanus an planus,” Quint. 5, 10, 37: “ager,” Varr. R. R. 1, 6: “flumen,” Verg. A. 2, 305: “cacumina, i. e. montium,” Ov. M. 1, 310: “oppida,” on a mountain, Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 100: “loca montana et aspera,” Liv. 39, 1, 5: “Ligures,” dwelling in the mountains, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95: “homines asperi et montani,” Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 3: “uxor,” Juv. 6, 5: “vulgus,” id. 2, 74: “Dalmatia,” mountainous, Ov. P. 2, 2, 78.—Subst.: Montāni , ōrum, m., mountaineers, Caes. B. C. 1, 39, 2.—Mon-tāna , ōrum, n ., mountainous regions: “inter montana,” Liv. 21, 34; Vulg. Deut. 1, 7; id. Luc. 1, 39.
montānus , a, um, adj. id.,
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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