Viminalis collis
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== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Viminālis
=== Etymology ===
From viminālis (“osier, willow”) + collis. The Quirinal and Viminal hills are called collēs to differentiate them from the other five montēs, they were later added to the count by king Servius Tullius (Livy, I.xliv).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪ.mɪˈnaː.lɪs ˈkɔl.lɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vi.miˈnaː.lis ˈkɔl.lis]
=== Proper noun ===
Viminālis collis m sg (genitive Viminālis collis); third declension
the Viminal Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome
Coordinate terms: Aventīnus mōns, Caelius mōns, Capitōlium (Capitōlīnus mōns), Esquilīnus mōns (Esquiliae), Palātium (Palātīnus mōns), Quirinālis collis
==== Declension ====
Third-declension adjective with a third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
==== Descendants ====
English: Viminal
French: Viminal
Italian: Viminale
=== Further reading ===
“Viminalis collis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“collis Viminālis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press