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Bituītus, i, m., a king of the Arverni, Liv. Epit. 61; Flor. 3, 2, 5; Eutr. 4, 22; Val. Max. 9, 6, 3.
†† bĭtūmen, ĭnis, n. [cf. Sanscr. gatu, gum], bitumen, a kind of mineral pitch found in Palestine and Babylon, Gr. ἄτφαλτος, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178 sq.; Tac. H. 5, 6; 5, 17; Just. 1, 2, 7; Vitr. 2, 6; Lucr. 6, 808; Verg. G. 3, 451; Ov. M. 9, 660; 14, 792; Vitr. 8, 3, 1 sqq.: Judaicum, Veg. 1, 20, 1; 3, 56, 2; 5, 83, 3; 6, 14, 1: Apollonium, id. 6, 14, 1; Vulg. Gen. 6, 14.
For magical or religious use, Verg. E. 8, 82; Hor. Epod. 5, 82; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 325.
* bĭtūmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [bitumen], consisting of bitumen, bituminous: vires, a poet. circumlocution for bitumen, Ov. M. 15, 350.
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.
bĭtūmĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [bitumen], abounding in bitumen, bituminous (perh. only in the two foll. exs.): terra, Vitr. 8, 3, 9: fontes, id. 8, 3, 4.
Bĭtŭrĭges, um (in sing. Biturix, Luc. 1, 423), m., = Βιτούρῐγες,