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1. montānus, a, um, adj. [mons], of or belonging to a mountain, mountain-; full of mountains, mountainous (class.): locus montanus an planus, Quint. 5, 10, 37: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 6: flumen, Verg. A. 2, 305: cacumina, i. e. montium, Ov. M. 1, 310: oppida, on a mountain, Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 100: loca montana et aspera, Liv. 39, 1, 5: Ligures, dwelling in the mountains, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95: homines asperi et montani, Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 3: uxor, Juv. 6, 5: vulgus, id. 2, 74: Dalmatia, mountainous, Ov. P. 2, 2, 78.
Subst.: Montāni, ōrum, m., mountaineers, Caes. B. C. 1, 39, 2.
Mon-tāna, ōrum, n., mountainous regions: inter montana, Liv. 21, 34; Vulg. Deut. 1, 7; id. Luc. 1, 39.

2. Montānus, i, m., a Roman surname.

  1. I. Curtius Montanus, a favorite of the emperor Tiberius, Tac. A. 16, 28 sq.; id. H. 4, 42; Ov. P. 4, 16, 11; Juv. 4, 107; 131.
  2. II. Votienus Montanus, an orator of the reign of Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 42; Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 3.
    Hence, adj.: Montānĭānus, a, um, belonging to the orator Montanus, Sen. Contr. 4, 28, 17.