verb transitive

mĭnĭo

2nd PP mĭnĭāre · 3rd PP mĭnātum · conj. 1st

to color with red-lead; cinnabar, to paint red •

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.

Colored with red-lead; cinnabar, colored red, red; with your red-lead pencil

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.—

Of the color of cinnabar, cinnabar-red •

Of the color of cinnabar, cinnabar-red, of the parrot: avis torque miniato in cervicem distincta, Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117.

Perseus ID: n29141 Key: minio1