Sĕlīnūs, untis, f., = Σελινοῦς.
- I. A town on the coast of Sicily, near Lilybœum, now Pileri: palmosa, Verg. A. 3, 705; Sil. 14, 201.
Hence,
- 1. Sĕlīnūsĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Selinus, Selinusian: creta, Vitr. 7, 14; Plin. 35, 6, 27, § 46; 35, 16, 56, § 194.
- 2. Sĕlīnuntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Selinus, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
- II. A town on the coast of Cilicia, now Selinty, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92; Liv. 33, 20, 5.
Also, a river near it of the same name, Luc. 8, 260.