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1 Peninus
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2 Penninus
Pennīnus ( Penīnus or Poenī-nus;the latter orthog. on account of the false derivation from Poeni, because Hannibal marched over this mountain to Italy,
Liv. 21, 38, 6 sqq.; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 123), a, um, adj. [from the Celtic Pen or Penn, summit, peak], of or belonging to the Pennine Alps (between the Valais and Upper Italy, the highest point of which is the Great St. Bernard), Pennine:Alpes,
Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 123; Tac. H. 1, 87;called also, juga,
id. ib. 1, 61:mons,
i. e. the Great St. Bernard, Sen. Ep. 31, 9; also, absol.:Penninus,
Liv. 5, 35; 21, 38:iter,
over the Great St. Bernard, Tac. H. 1, 70:VALLIS POENIN,
the Valais, Inscr. Grut. 376, 6: DEO PENINO D. D., the local deity of the Pennine Alps, Inscr. Spon. Misc. Ant. p. 85, n. 30;called also, IVPPITER POENINVS, and simply, POENINVS,
Inscr. Orell. 228 sq.
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