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Pincĭus , i, m.,
I.the name of a Roman gens, Grut. 352, 5. Perh. after them was named the Mons Pincius, the eighth hill of Rome, situate outside the city, but enclosed by the Aurelian wall; called, at an earlier period, Collis hortorum, now Monte Pincio. —Hence,
II. Pincĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Mons Pincius, Pincian: “domus,” Cassiod. Var. 3, 10.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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