minium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →minius, minia, minium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
cinnabar-red; a river in Lusitania;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →minium, minii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
native cinnabar; red lead, vermilion;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ritas. Nolo tamen displiceas tibi, quasi male egeris minium et quasi ille aliquid iocorum aut doli suspicatus..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uiros eam primam filios suos initiasse, Minium et Herennium Cerrinios; et nocturnum sacrum ex diurno, et pro tribus..."
