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.

Pennīnus, a, um, s. Poenīnus.

Pennīnus (Pēnī-, Pœnī-), a, um, -næ Alpes Tac. H. 1, 87, les Alpes Pennines [du Saint-Bernard au Saint-Gothard] ou -na juga Tac. H. 1, 61 ; -nus mons Sen. Ep. 31, 9 ou -nus seul Liv. 5, 35, 2 ; 21, 48, 6, Alpes Pennines || Juppiter Pœninus CIL 5, 6875, Jupiter honoré sur ces montagnes.

➳ sur lʼétymol. du mot, v. Plin. 3, 123 ; Liv. 21, 38, 9.

Penninus (Penī-) see Poenīnus.