seven-hilled, a.
[Cf. L. septicollis (Prudentius).]
Standing on seven hills: epithet of the city of Rome.
| 1608 H. Clapham Errour Right Hand 73 The Seauen hilled Citie (Rome). 1681 H. More Expos. Dan. Pref. 24 The seven-hilled City of Rome. c 1743 Francis tr. Hor., Sec. Poem 117 Mayst thou, in all thy radiant course, Nothing more great than seven-hill'd Rome behold! 1818 Byron Ch. Har. iv. lxxx, The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride. 1835 Lytton Rienzi i. xii, Rome..with her seven-hilled diadem. |
So seven-hilly a. rare.
| 1561 J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 281 The seuen hilly Rome. 1824 Byron Def. Transf. i. ii. 149 In old Rome, the seven-hilly, We'll revel at ease. |