Ianiculum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Jānĭcŭlum, i, n. [Ianus],

I one of the hills of Rome, on which Janus was said to have built a citadel , Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 1, 245; cf. Liv. 1, 33; Mart. 4, 64, 3; Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16; 2, 27, 74; id. Mil. 27, 74 al.— Hence,

II Jānĭcŭlāris , e, adj., of Janiculum : mons, i. e. Janiculum , Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784.

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