hinnulus

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

hinnŭlus, i, m. dim. [hinnus],

a young mule : tu tuum sodalem Hinnulo videas strigosiorem, Maecen. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor. (al. hinno me v. str-; PHI Ninnio); cf. Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172 Sill. N. cr.; and: hinnulus ὁ ἐξ ἵππου καὶ ὄνου, Gloss. Philox.; Vulg. Prov. 5, 19; Cantic. 2, 17; Isid. 12, 1, 22.