LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

mĭnĭo1

Meaning

  1. to color with red-lead

mĭnĭo, no
I. 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.
proper noun · masculinethird declension
Miniō2
Miniō m sg (genitive Miniōnis)

Meaning

  1. a river in Etruria, now the river Mignone

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMiniō—
genitiveMiniōnis—
dativeMiniōnī—
accusativeMiniōnem—
ablativeMiniōne—
vocativeMiniō—

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.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyMinioMinio (Mignone), a small river of Etruria, flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, between Centumcellae (Civita Vecchia) and Graviscae, and about 3 miles S. …Biography & mythologyMinioMinio. 1. Was the confidential friend and counsellor of Antiochus the Great, and his representative at the conference with the Roman envoys at Ephesus…

Quick answers

What does mĭnĭo mean in Latin?
mĭnĭo, means “to color with red-lead”.