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vīmĭnālis , e, adj. id.,
I.of or belonging to osiers.
I. In gen.: “salix,bearing twigs for plaiting, Col. 4, 30, 2; Plin. 17, 20, 32, § 143.—
II. Adj. propr.: Viminalis Collis, one of the seven hills of Rome (Liv. 1, 44), so named from a willow-copse which stood there; whence, also, the Jupiter there worshipped was called Vīmĭnĭus , Varr. L. L. 5, § 51 Müll.; Front. Aquaed. 1, 19; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 2; Fest. p. 376 Müll.—The gate leading to it was called Viminalis Porta, Fest. l. l.; Front. Aquaed. 1, 19.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 44
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.30.2
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