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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

Cisalpinus

;

cis

on this side +

Alpinus

Alpine.]

On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; – opposed to transalpine.

Adj.

On this side of the Alps, with regard to Rome; that is, on the south of the Alps; opposed to transalpine.