vīcīnĭa — Lewis & Short
vīcīnĭa, ae, f.vicinus,
I 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.