Vicínia, vicíniæ, f. g. C. Neighborhode: the place next vnto vs.Penè manu quod amo, tanta est vicinia, tango. Ou. So nie we be one to an other, &c. Diues vicinia. Ouid.Hic viciniæ, & Huc viciniæ. Ter. Here in this streete by vs.In vicinia vrbis. Col. Nigh to the citie.Siest vicinia maris, ad litus deducta mersatur, Colu.If the sea be nigh, &c.Solis vicinia mollit ceras.Ouid.The nighnesse of the sunne maketh waxe soft.Est tamen diuersarum rerum quædã vicinia. Qu. Yet there is a certaine likeuesse betweene things that are diuers.Est huic tropo cum syncchdoche quædam vicinia. Quinti. It is somewhat like Senechdoche. Ad lactis viciniam accedens aqua. Plin. Water somwhat like to milke. Virtutum, vitiorumq; vicinia. Qui.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vīcīnĭa, ae, f. [vicinus], neighborhood, nearness, vicinage, vicinity.I.Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; but cf. vicinitas): proximae viciniae habitat, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 27: hic proximae viciniae, id. Mil. 2, 3, 2: mulier quaedam commigravit huc viciniae, Ter. And. 1, 1, 43: hic viciniae, id. Phorm. 1, 2, 45: inde in viciniā nostra Averni lacus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: in viciniā urbis, Col. 7, 3, 13: pharetratae vicinia Persidis, Verg. G. 4, 290: mons elatus super nubila atque in viciniam lunaris circuli, Plin. 5, 1, 1, 7: mortis,
proximity
, Petr. 93: mortem in viciniā videre, Sen. ap. Lact. 6, 17 fin.—B.Transf., concr., neighborhood, i. q. neighbors (freq. but not ante-Aug.; cf. vicinitas): libertina, non ignota viciniae, Liv. 39, 12, 1: funus Egregie factum laudet vicinia, Hor. S. 2, 5, 106; id. Ep. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 62; Ov. M. 2, 688; 4, 636; 8, 689; Pers. 4, 46; Vell. 1, 4; Vall. Max. 5, 7, 3; Suet. Calig. 55; App. M. 7, p. 190, 35; Juv. 14, 154.—With a plur. noun, Ov. F. 2, 657; 3, 189.—II.Trop., near likeness, resemblance, similarity, affinity (post-Aug.; a favorite trope of Quint.): aqua ad viciniam lactis accedens, Plin. 31, 3, 22, 37; 37, 9, 40, 123 (al. ad vicina): est tamen quamquam diversarum rerum quaedam vicinia, Quint. 8, 4, 12: quaedam vicinia virtutum vitiorumque, id. 2, 12, 4: est huic tropo quaedam cum synecdoche vicinia, id. 8, 6, 28; cf. id. 3, 8, 9; 9, 3, 65 sq.