minio

mĭnĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [minium],

I to color with red-lead or cinnabar, to paint red : Jovem, Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 112; 35, 12, 45, § 157.

II —Hence, mĭnĭātus , a, um, P. a.

I Colored with red-lead or cinnabar, colored red, red : quae quidem, vereor, ne miniata cerula tua pluribus locis notandae sint, with your red-lead pencil , Cic. Att. 15, 14, 4; 16, 11, 1.—

II Of the color of cinnabar, cinnabar-red , of the parrot: avis torque miniato in cervicem distincta, Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117.