minius

mĭnĭus, a, um, adj. [minium],

of cinnabar or minium, cinnabar-red, vermilion (Appuleian): rosarum minius color, Ap. Met. 4, 2, 4; circulus, id. Flor. 2, p. 348, 33.

Minius
MI´NIUS(Μίνιος: Minho), a river of Spain, rising in the north of Gallaecia, in the Cantabrian mounta...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Minius
Mĭnĭus, ii, m., a river in Lusitania , now the Minho , Mel. 3, 1, 8; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 112; 4,...

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