con-termĭnus, a, um, 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.