mountain Copy link Outline 1. mons, ntis, m. (either a single m., or a range of m.s)2. jŭgum (a ridge • mountain: 1. mons, ntis, m. (either a single m., or a range of m.s): to be surrounded by very lofty m.s, undique altissimis m. contineri, Caes. B. G. 3, 1: an unbroken range of m.s, continui m., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5: or, perpetui m., Kr. (cf. Plin. 3, 5, 7, perpetua juga): et pass. Fig.: the m.s are in labour, parturiunt m., Hor. A. P. 139: to promise m.s of gold (make extravagant promises), montes auri polliceri, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 18: Sall. 2. jŭgum (a ridge: hence in wider sense, a m. range): to reach a certain point by marching along the (ridges of the) m.s, jugis aliquo pervenire, Caes. B. C. 1, 70: esp. poet., it spreads desolation on the m.s, traxit jugis ruinam, Virg. Aen. 2, 631: more fully, juga montis, id. E. 5, 76. (N.B.--In this sense usu. pl.) See also hill, mount.