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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Appĭus</b>: ii, m., and Appĭa, ae, f. (abbrev. App.).<br /><b>I</b> A Roman prœnomen, esp. of persons of the [[gens]] [[Claudia]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>II</b> Appĭus, a, um, adj., Appian.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Appia]] via, the Appian Way, a [[well]]-[[known]] [[high]] - [[road]], begun by the [[censor]] [[Appius]] [[Claudius]] Cœcus ([[about]] 442 A. U. C.), [[which]] began in [[Rome]] at the Porta [[Capena]], and passed in a [[direct]] [[line]] to the Albanian Mountains, and [[thence]] [[through]] the Pontine Marshes to [[Capua]]; [[later]] it [[was]] continued to [[Brundisium]], perh. by Trajan (the stones were [[large]] polygons of basaltic [[lava]]; parts here and [[there]] are [[yet]] in [[existence]]), Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; id. Mil. 6, 15; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6; id. Phil. 7, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 6; Front. Aquaed. 5; Inscr. Orell. 131; cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 230.—Called also Appī via, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26; and [[simply]] [[Appia]], id. Epod. 4, 14, al.; Cic. Att. 2, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Appia]] [[aqua]], the [[aqueduct]] [[which]] this [[same]] [[Appius]] constructed; Front. Aquaed. 5; cf. Liv. 9, 29. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Appii Forum, a [[small]] [[market]]-[[town]] in [[Latium]], founded by the [[same]] [[Appius]], on the [[left]] [[side]] of the Via [[Appia]], in the [[midst]] of the Pontine Marshes, [[now]] Foro Appio, Hor. S. 1, 5, 3; Vulg. Act. 28, 15; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 637 and 638.
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|gf=<b>Appĭus</b>,⁸ ĭī, m., prénom romain, surtout dans la [[gens]] [[Claudia]] ; v. [[Appia]] [[via]].
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{{Georges
|georg=Appius, ī, m., u. [[Appia]], ae, f., [[ein]] röm. [[Vorname]], [[bes]]. der Personen aus der [[gens]] [[Claudia]], s. 1. [[Claudius]]. – Dav.: 1) [[Appius]], a, um, appisch, [[via]] [[Appia]] u. bl. [[Appia]], vom [[Zensor]] App. Klaudius dem Blinden um 312 v. Chr. (s. Liv. 9, 29, 6) erbaut, die große südl. Hauptstraße, die [[bei]] der Porta Kapena [[von]] Rom begann, in gerader [[Linie]] zum Albaner Berggebiete hinauflief, [[dann]] [[durch]] die Pontinischen Sümpfe [[bis]] [[nach]] Kapua ging, [[von]] wo aus [[sie]] [[später]] [[unter]] dem [[Kaiser]] Trajan [[bis]] [[nach]] [[Brundisium]] fortgeführt wurde, [[via]] App., Cic. Mil. 15; Phil. 7, 1 u.a. Liv. 22, 1, 12. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9663 u. ö.: [[via]] Appi, Hor. ep. 1, 6, 26: Appiae [[limes]], Liv. 22, 15, 11: bl. [[Appia]], Cic. ad Q. fr. 3, 7, 1. Liv. 26, 8, 10; epit 107. Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 5, 6. Ov. ex Pont. 2, 7, 44. Aur. Vict. Caes. 9, 8. Frontin. aqu. 5. Schol. Iuven. 1, 7: [[aqua]], die [[von]] demselben A. angelegte [[Wasserleitung]] (vgl. Liv. 9, 29, 6), Frontin. aqu. 5: Appii [[Forum]], s. [[forum]] no. II, B, 2, a. – 2) Appiānus, a, um, zu einem [[Appius]] [[gehörig]], [[des]] [[Appius]], appianisch, [[libido]], [[des]] Dezemvirn App. Klaudius, Liv.: [[mala]] (Äpfel), Plin.: subst., Appiānum, ī, n., eine [[Art]] schlechter grüner [[Farbe]], Plin. – 3) [[Appias]], adis, f., a) die [[Statue]] [[einer]] [[Nymphe]] am [[Springbrunnen]] der [[aqua]] [[Appia]], Ov. rem. 660; art. am. 1, 82. – b) [[Appiades]] deae, Statuen beim [[Tempel]] der [[Venus]], der [[nicht]] [[weit]] [[von]] dem [[Springbrunnen]] der [[via]] [[Appia]] stand, Ov. art. am. 3, 452. Plin. 36, 33. – c) [[ein]] [[Beiname]] der [[Minerva]], [[von]] [[Cicero]] aus [[Schmeichelei]] [[gegen]] [[Appius]] [[ihr]] gegeben, Cic. ep. 3, 1, 1. – 4) Appietās, ātis, f., der [[alte]] [[Adel]] [[des]] appischen Geschlechts, gleichs. die Appietät, [[ein]] [[von]] [[Cicero]] aus [[Schmeichelei]] [[gegen]] den [[Appius]] gebildetes [[Wort]], Cic. ep. 3, 7, 5.
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