I.adj., bordering upon, neighboring, having a common border (not ante-Aug.; perh. first used by Ovid).
I. Prop.
A. In gen.
(α).
With dat.: “morus fonti,” Ov. M. 4, 90; 1, 774; 15, 315: “stabula ripae,” id. ib. 8, 553: “quercus tiliae,” id. ib. 8, 621: “Aethiopia Aegypto,” Plin. 13, 14, 28, § 90 et saep.—
B. Substt.
1. contermĭnum , i, n., a neighboring region, a confine, border: “in contermino Arabiae,” Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 122: “in longinqua et contermina Scythiae fugam maturavit,” Tac. A. 6, 36.—
2. contermĭ-nus , i, m., a neighbor, Col. 1, 3, 7.—
II. Trop.: “virtus morti,” Stat. Th. 7, 702.