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hinnus , i, m., = ἵννος,
I.a mule (from a stallion and a she-ass; “opp. mulus, from a he-ass and a mare): ex equa et asino fit mulus: contra ex equo et asina hinnus ... Hinnus est ex equo et asina, minor quam mulus corpore, etc.,” Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1; 6; cf.: “hinnos et hinnas sub quo sensu accipere debeamus Varro designat: ait enim ex equis et hinnulis (leg. asinabus) qui nascantur, hinnos vocari,” Non. 122, 4 sq.; Col. 6, 37, 5.—
II. Transf., in the form ginnus , i, m., = γίννος, a little stunted mule: “non aliter monstratur Atlas cum compare ginno,” Mart. 6, 77, 7; cf.: “in plurium Graecorum est monumentis, cum equa muli coitu natum, quem vocaverint ginnum, id est parvum mulum,” Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 174.
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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