proper noun
Pincĭus
Meaning
- the name of a Roman
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.