con-termĭnus, a, um, adj., bordering upon, neighboring, having a common border (not ante-Aug.; perh. first used by Ovid).
- I. Prop.
- A. In gen.
- (α) With dat.: morus fonti, Ov. M. 4, 90; 1, 774; 15, 315: stabula ripae, id. ib. 8, 553: quercus tiliae, id. ib. 8, 621: Aethiopia Aegypto, Plin. 13, 14, 28, § 90 et saep.
- (β) With gen.: locos jugi, App. M. 6, p. 178, 38; 6, p. 180, 16: aesculus aedis, Sil. 5, 510.
- (γ) With abl.: locum lacu aliquo, App. M. 4, p. 150, 12.
- (δ) Absol.: ager, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35.
- B. Substt.
- 1. contermĭnum, i, n., a neighboring region, a confine, border: in contermino Arabiae, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 122: in longinqua et contermina Scythiae fugam maturavit, Tac. A. 6, 36.
- 2. contermĭ-nus, i, m., a neighbor, Col. 1, 3, 7.
- II. Trop.: virtus morti, Stat. Th. 7, 702.