bĭtūmĭno, āre, 1, v. a. [bitumen],
to cover or impregnate with bitumen (late Lat.), Ambros. Hexaëm. 6, 9, 72; cf.: bitumino, ἀσφαλτόω, Gloss. Lab.—Hence, P. a. : bĭtū-mĭnătus , a, um, impregnated with bitumen , bituminous : aqua, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 59.