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1. collīna, ae, f. [collinus], hilly land, Innoc. de Cas. Litt. p. 224 Goes.

2. Collīna, ae, f. [collinus], goddess of hills, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 (others read Collatina).

col-līnĕo (conl-), āvi, ātum, āre, v. a., to direct something in a straight line, to aim (rare, and except in Cic. only postclass.).

  1. I. Prop.: hastam aut sagittam aliquo, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22: manum et oculos, Julian. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 6: oculos ad umbram, App. M. 9, p. 237; id. Flor. 23.
  2. * II. To take a right aim, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; cf. Madv. Fin. p. 382.
    Hence, collīnĕātē, adv., in a direct line; trop., skilfully, artistically; in sup., Jul. Val. Alex. M. 3, 48; so id. ib. 3, 58.

col-lĭno (conl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to besmear, to cover over, defile, pollute: aliquid, aliquā re (rare; not in class. prose).

  1. I. Prop.: ora venenis, Ov. R. Am. 351: tabulas cerā, Gell. 17, 9, 17: crines adulteros pulvere, * Hor. C. 1, 15, 20 (cf. Verg. A. 12, 99: foedare in pulvere crines): caeno collitus, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 4.
  2. II. Trop.: pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133; id. Poen. 1, 2, 96.

collīnus, a, um, adj. [collis], of or pertaining to a hill, found or growing on a hill, hilly, hill- (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: genus agrorum (opp. to campestre and montanum), Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2: vineae, id. ib. 1, 6, 5; Col. 12, 21, 1: loca, id. 3, 2, 6: aqua, id. 1, 5, 3: vina, id. 12, 21, 4: frumentum, Cels. 2, 18.
  2. II. Esp.: Collīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the hills in the northeastern part of Rome (the Quirinal and Viminal), Colline: regio urbis Collina, Varr. L. L. 5, § 45: tribus, id. ib. 5, § 56; Cic. Mil. 9, 25; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13.
    Hence, Porta Collina, the gate in Rome near the Quirinal Hill (called also Agonensis and Quirinalis Porta; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 10; Fest. p. 332 Müll.), Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Liv. 5, 41, 4; 8, 15, 8; 22, 57, 2; 26, 10, 3; 40, 34, 4; Ov. F. 4, 871; id. R. Am. 549: herbae, growing in the vicinity of this gate, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 11; cf. turris, Juv. 6, 291.