Tubero
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Tūbĕro: ōnis, m.,
I a surname in the gens Aelia; e. g.
I Q. Aelius Tubero, a Stoic, an opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. brut. 31, 117; id. Lael. 11, 37; 27, 101; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87.—
II L. Tubero, lieutenant of Q. Cicern in Asia, an historian, Caes. B. C. 1, 31; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Gell. 6, 3, 4.—
III Q. Aelius Tubero, son of the preceding, a relative (according to some, the brother-in-law) of Cicero, and the accuser of Ligarius, Cic. Lig. 1, 1; 3, 9 al.; Quint. 11, 1, 80; Suet. Caes. 83.
