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|lshtext=<b>hinnus</b>: i, m., = [[ἵννος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[mule]] (from a [[stallion]] and a she-[[ass]]; opp. [[mulus]], from a he-[[ass]] and a [[mare]]): ex [[equa]] et asino [[fit]] [[mulus]]: [[contra]] ex equo et [[asina]] [[hinnus]] ... Hinnus est ex equo et [[asina]], [[minor]] [[quam]] [[mulus]] corpore, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1; 6; cf.: hinnos et hinnas sub quo sensu accipere debeamus [[Varro]] designat: ait [[enim]] ex equis et hinnulis ([[leg]]. asinabus) qui nascantur, hinnos vocari, Non. 122, 4 sq.; Col. 6, 37, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in the form [[ginnus]], i, m., = [[γίννος]]>, a [[little]] [[stunted]] [[mule]]: non [[aliter]] monstratur [[Atlas]] cum [[compare]] ginno, Mart. 6, 77, 7; cf.: in plurium Graecorum est monumentis, cum [[equa]] muli coitu natum, quem vocaverint ginnum, id est parvum mulum, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 174.