minio, 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, miniātus, 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.