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1. mĭnĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [minium], to color with red-lead or cinnabar, to paint red: Jovem, Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 112; 35, 12, 45, § 157.
Hence, mĭnĭātus, a, um, P. a.
- I. Colored with red-lead or cinnabar, colored red, red: quae quidem, vereor, ne miniata cerula tua pluribus locis notandae sint, with your red-lead pencil, Cic. Att. 15, 14, 4; 16, 11, 1.
- II. Of the color of cinnabar, cinnabar-red, of the parrot: avis torque miniato in cervicem distincta, Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117.
2. Mĭnĭo, ōnis, m.
- I. A small river in Etruria, now Mignone: Minionis in arvis, Verg. A. 10, 183; Rutil. 1, 279.
- II. A town on the river Minio, Mela, 2, 4, 9.