Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- One of the seven hills of ancient Rome. The baths of Diocletian were built at the foot of the hill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to twigs or shoots; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
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Examples
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We opposed to this view the fact of the salubrity of the Viminal, which is situated between the Esquiline and the Quirinal, and which ought to be as unhealthy as the two other hills were the malaria of the latter imported into the city instead of being indigenous.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various
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By far the most talented was Aquilius Gallus, who some say was a better lawyer even than Cicero, and who was already a respected judge; in fact, he was something of a paragon—brilliant, modest, just, kindly, a man of supreme taste, with a magnificent mansion on the Viminal Hill; Cicero had it in mind to approach the older man to be his running mate for consul.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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By far the most talented was Aquilius Gallus, who some say was a better lawyer even than Cicero, and who was already a respected judge; in fact, he was something of a paragon—brilliant, modest, just, kindly, a man of supreme taste, with a magnificent mansion on the Viminal Hill; Cicero had it in mind to approach the older man to be his running mate for consul.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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If he encountered a particularly awkward point of jurisprudence and needed a second opinion, he would either consult his old friend and fellow pupil of Molon, Servius Sulpicius, or go over to see the distinguished praetor of the election court, Aquilius Gallus, in his mansion on the Viminal Hill.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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If he encountered a particularly awkward point of jurisprudence and needed a second opinion, he would either consult his old friend and fellow pupil of Molon, Servius Sulpicius, or go over to see the distinguished praetor of the election court, Aquilius Gallus, in his mansion on the Viminal Hill.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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Living as they did in the heart of the Subura-which was the poorest and the most polyglot district in Rome-they found that Sulla's proscriptions had not the profound effect on life that they did in places like the Carinae, the Palatine, the upper Quirinal and Viminal.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Which was why he had died of fever outside Rome's Colline Gate, and why the people of the Quirinal and Viminal, their springs polluted from his wastes, had done such insult to his body.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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He was going to see Censorinus, who lived on the upper Viminal in the street which led to the Punic apple tree.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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When the springs inside the city on the Viminal and Quirinal became contaminated, some of the people from the area went to see Pompey Strabo and begged him to deal with his cesspits properly; Pompey Strabo being Pompey Strabo sent them away with a series of crude remarks about what they might like to do with their own excrements.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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The more crowded parts of Rome all received their water from the aqueducts, but the upper Esquiline, Viminal and Quirinal, less populous, relied heavily on local spring water.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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