Cottĭus, ii, m.,
I the name of two kings of northern Italy, the father, who was a contemporary and friend of Augustus , Amm. 15, 10, 2 and 7, and the son (cf. Dio Cass. 60, 14), after whose death Nero made the country a Roman province , Suet. Ner. 18; id. Tib. 37; Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 2.—Hence,
II Adjj.
1 Cottĭus , a, um, Cottian : Alpes Cottiae, the Cottian Alps, west of Augusta Taurinorum, whose highest point is Alpis Cottia, now Mont Genèvre , Tac. H. 1, 87; Amm. 15, 10, 2.—
2 Cottĭānus , a, um, the same: civitates, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 135: Alpes, Tac. H. 1, 61; 4, 68.