View source for Caecilius

{{WoodhouseENELnames
|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1004.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1004.jpg}}]]Κεκίλιος, ὁ.
}}
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Caecĭlĭus</b>: a,<br /><b>I</b> [[name]] of a Roman [[gens]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C. [[Caecilius]], Cic. Fl. 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Q. [[Caecilius]] [[Metellus]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5; Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His [[son]] of the [[same]] [[name]], called also Balearicus, for his [[triumph]] [[over]] the Baleares, Cic. Brut. 74, 259; Flor. 3, 8, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Caia]] (Gaia) Caecilia, the Roman [[name]] of [[Tanaquil]], Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Caeciliae, daughters of Q. Cœcilius [[Metellus]] the [[elder]], Cic. Dom. 47, 123.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Caecilia, [[daughter]] of [[Metellus]] Balearicus, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99, and 2, 40, 83.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Caecilius]] [[Statius]], a Roman [[comic]] [[poet]], of the [[ante]]-[[class]]. per., of [[Gallic]] [[origin]], [[contemporary]] [[with]] [[Ennius]]; his comedies were by the ancients considered [[equal]] to those of Plaut. and Ter., and by [[many]] [[even]] preferred to [[them]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 374, 8; Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 10, 40; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; id. Brut. 74, 258; Hor. A. P. 54 sq.; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Vulcatius [[Sedigitus]] ap. Gell. 15, 24.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Cae-cĭlĭus, a, um, adj., Cœcilian, of Cœcilius: [[familia]], Vell. 2, 11; cf.: lex de ambitu, Cic. Sull. 22, 62: lex de repetundis, Val. Max. 6, 9, 10: et Didia lex de legibus ferendis, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41; 20, 53; id. Sest. 64, 135.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Caecĭlĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Cœcilian: [[fabula]], Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15: [[senex]] (in a [[comedy]] of Cæcilius), id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: [[pater]], Quint. 11, 1, 39; Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: cerasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 102: [[lactuca]] (named [[after]] Q. Cæcilius [[Metellus]]), id. 19, 8, 38, § 127; cf. Col. 10, 182.—Also,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Caecĭlĭānus, i, m., a Roman [[cognomen]], Tac. A. 3, 37; 6, 7; 16, 34.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Cæcĭlĭus</b>,¹⁰ ĭī, m., Cæcilius [[Statius]], poète comique de Rome : Cic. de Or. 2, 50 || nom d’une [[gens]] à laquelle appartenait la famille des Métellus : Cic. Fl. 36, etc. || <b>-us</b>, a, um, de Cæcilius : Cæcilia Didia [[lex]] Cic. Phil. 5, 8, loi Cæcilia-Didia [proposée par Cæcilius et [[Didius]] || <b>Cæcĭlĭānus</b>, a, um, de Cæcilius : Cic. Tusc. 3, 56 ; Cæciliana cerasa Plin. 15, 102, sorte de cerises rondes ; [[lactuca]] Plin. 19, 127, laitue pourprée || subst. m., nom d’homme : Tac. Ann. 3, 37, etc.
}}