Alpīnus, a, um, adj. [Alpes],
of or pertaining to the Alps , Alpine : rigor, Ov. M. 14, 794: nives, Verg. E. 10, 47: Padus, which rises among the Alps , Valgius ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 457: gentes, dwelling upon the Alps , Alpine people , Liv. 21, 43: Alpinus hostis, the Gauls who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy , Ov. F. 6, 358: Alpini mures, marmots , Plin. 8, 37, 55, § 132.— Horace , on account of a bombastic line of the poet M. Furius Bibaculus, in relation to the Alps (Juppiter hibernas canā nive conspuit Alpes), calls him jestingly Alpinus, S. 1, 10, 36; cf. id. 2, 5, 41; Weich. Poët. Latin. 334 sq.