(v. a.P. a.) : mĭnĭo, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, v. a.minium, to color with red-lead or cinnabar, to paint red: Jovem,Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 112; 35, 12, 45, § 157.—Hence, mĭnĭātus, a, um, P. a.
* Colored with red-lead or cinnabar, colored red, red: quae quidem, vereor, ne miniata cerula tua pluribus locis notandae sint, with your red-lead pencil, Cic. Att. 15, 14, 4; 16, 11, 1.
* Of the color of cinnabar, cinnabar-red, of the parrot: avis torque miniato in cervicem distincta,Plin. 10, 42, 58, § 117.

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