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* Āpennīnĭcŏla, ae, comm. [Apenninus-colo], a dweller among the Apennines, Verg. A. 11, 700.

Āpennīnĭgĕna, ae, comm. [Apenninus-gigno], born upon the Apennines, originating there, Ov. M. 15, 432; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 505.

Āpennīnus (better Appennīnus, Verg. A. 12, 703 Cod. Med.; also APENINVS, Inscr. Grut. 204, 18), i, m. [from the Celtic penn, mountain-summit], the mountainchain that passes through the length of Italy, the Apennines, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48; conspicuous for height; hence, celsus Appenninus, Hor. Epod. 16, 29: Appenninus nubifer, Ov. M. 2, 226.
Personified: gaudetque nivali Vertice se attollens pater Appenninus ad auras, Verg. A. 12, 703; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 264 sq.