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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1004.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1004.jpg}}]]Βροῦτος, ὁ.
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|lshtext=<b>Brūtus</b>: i, m., = Βροῦτος [1. [[brutus]],<br /><b>I</b> a Roman [[cognomen]].<br /><b>I</b> L. [[Junius]], the [[relative]] of [[Tarquinius]] Superbus, saved by his [[feigned]] [[stupidity]] [[whence]] the [[name]], and the [[deliverer]] of [[Rome]] from [[regal]] [[dominion]], Liv. 1, 56, 7 sq.; Ov. F. 2, 717; 2, 837; Verg. A. 6, 818; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89 saep. After him, [[Brutus]] [[was]] the [[cognomen]] of the [[patrician]] [[gens]] Junia.—<br /><b>II</b> From the [[plebeian]] [[gens]] Junia,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> M. [[Junius]], [[son]] of Servilia, a [[half]]-[[sister]] of [[Cato]] Uticensis by M. [[Brutus]] (not by Cæsar; v. Ellendt Cic. Brut. p. cxxvii.), an [[intimate]] [[friend]] of [[Cicero]] [[about]] the 21st [[year]] of his [[age]], and one of the murderers of [[Julius]] Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56, 3; 2, 58, 1; Tac. A. 1, 2; Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; 1, 4, 9 and 10; 2, 12, 28 sq.; 2, 13, 31; id. Fam. 3, 4, 2; as a philos. and [[orator]] [[active]] and [[respected]], id. Ac. 1, 3, 12; id. Fin. 1, 3, 8; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 1 sq.; id. Att. 12, 5, 3; 13, 9, 2; Plut. Brut. 4; Cic. Or. 71, 237; Quint. 10, 1, 123; Tac. Or. 17 sq.; 21; cf. Ellendt, [[above]] cited; Meyer, Fragm. Orat. 205. To him Cic. dedicated his writings: Orator, [[Brutus]], de Deorum Naturā, de Finibus, and Tusc. Quaestiones.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> D. [[Junius]], a [[fellow]]-[[conspirator]] [[with]] the [[preceding]], Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Vell. 2, 56 sq.; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 4; id. Fam. 10, 11, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 2; to him are addressed the letters, Cic. Fam. 11, 5 sqq.; 12 sqq. al.—To these [[two]] [[Cicero]]'s [[witticism]] has [[reference]]: [[quid]] [[ergo]]? Ista [[culpa]] Brutorum? Minime illorum [[quidem]], sed aliorum brutorum, qui se cautos ac sapientes putant, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2; cf. id. Phil. 4, 2, 7; id. Att. 14, 20, 2; Liv. 1, 56, 8; Ov. F. 2, 717.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Brūtĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to (M. [[Junius]]) [[Brutus]]: [[castra]], Vell. 2, 72: Cassianaeque partes, id. 2, 74: [[bellum]] civile, Lact. 2, 7 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Brūtīnus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to [[Brutus]] (M. [[Junius]]): consilia rei publicae liberandae, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15.—<br /><b>III</b> D. [[Junius]] [[Brutus]] Callaicus, [[consul]] [[with]] P. Corn. [[Scipio]] [[Nasica]] [[Serapio]] A.U.C. 616, Cic. Brut. 28, 107; id. Leg. 3, 9, 20; id. Balb. 17, 40; Vell. 2, 5.—<br /> D. [[Junius]] [[Brutus]] Julianus, [[consul]] [[with]] [[Mamercus]] Æmilius [[Lepidus]] A.U.C. 677, Cic. Brut. 47, 175; id. de Or. 2, 33, 142; id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—<br /> M. [[Junius]] [[Brutus]], the [[husband]] of Servilia, and [[father]] of the [[murderer]] of Cœsar, a [[distinguished]] [[lawyer]], Cic. Brut. 62, 222.
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