con-termĭnus
a, um
I.
adj., bordering upon, neighboring, having a common border (not ante-Aug.; perh. first used by Ovid).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.
(a).
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.—
(b).
With gen.: locos jugi, App. M. 6, p. 178, 38; 6, p. 180, 16: aesculus aedis, Sil. 5, 510.—
(g).
With abl.: locum lacu aliquo, App. M. 4, p. 150, 12.—
(d).
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.