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|lshtext=<b>Memmius</b>: a,<br /><b>I</b> [[name]] of a Roman [[gens]]. mox [[Italus]] [[Mnestheus]], [[genus]], a quo nomine Memmi, Verg. A. 5, 117. So C. [[Memmius]], a [[public]] [[man]], [[who]], [[being]] adjudged [[guilty]] of [[ambitus]], went [[into]] [[exile]] to [[Athens]], to him [[Cicero]] addressed [[several]] letters, and to him [[Lucretius]] dedicated his [[poem]], De Rerum Natura; cf. Lucr. 1, 42.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Memmĭădes, ae, m., one of the Memmian [[gens]], a Memmiade, a [[Memmius]], Lucr. 1, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Memmĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a [[Memmius]]: praedia, of C. [[Memmius]], Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Memmĭus</b>,¹⁰ ĭī, m., nom des membres d’une famille romaine : Lucr. 1, 42 ; Virg. En. 5, 117.
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