What is "alpinus"

Alpinus, a Latin ajective meaning '' pertaining to the Alps'', may refer to:

• the founder of the abbeys St. Memmius in the fifth century, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Châlons, France
• Alpinus Montanus (fl. 1st century), a member of the Belgae and the commander of a cohort in the army of the Roman emperor Vitellius
• Prosper Alpinus (1553–1617), a Venetian physician and botanist
• Homo alpinus, the Alpine race, a historical race concept defined by some late 19th-century and early 20th-century anthropologists as one of the three sub-races of the Caucasian race