Fabius
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Φάβιος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Făbĭus: a,
I the name of a Roman gens, concerning which see Liv. 2, 48-50; among its distinguished members were,
1 Fabius Pictor, a historian, Cic. de Or. 2, 12.—
2 Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator, the famous dictator in the second Punic war, Prop. 3, 3, 9; Liv. 22 passim.—
3 M. Fabius Quintilianus, author of the rhetorical work Institutiones Oratoriae, Aus. Prof. 1, 7; Mart. 2, 90. —
4 Paulus Fabius Persicus, consul under Tiberius, A.U.C. 786, Sen. Ben. 2, 21, 4; Juv. 8, 14.—
II Hence,
A Făbĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fabius, Fabian: lex, de ambitu and de plagiariis, Cic. Mur. 34, 71; id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Dig. 48, tit. 15; ib. 17, 2, 51: fornix, a triumphal arch, built by Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus on the Sacra Via, in the neighborhood of the Regia, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; called also Fornix Fabii, id. de Or. 2, 66, 267; and Fornix Fabianus, v. under B.: lupercus, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 26; cf. under B.: tribus, one of the rural tribes, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52.—
B Făbĭānus, a, um, adj., the same: fornix, i. q. Fabius fornix (v. above), Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19; also called arcus, Sen. Const. Sap. 1: Fabianae artes, i. e. delay, Liv. 22, 34: ‡ Fabiani et ‡ Quintilian appellabantur luperci, a Fabio et Quintilio praepositis suis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll. —Subst.: Făbĭāni, ōrum, m., persons of the Fabian tribe, Suet. Aug. 40; also the soldiers of Fabius, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Făbĭus,⁷ ĭī, m., nom d’une célèbre famille romaine (gens Fabia) ; nott : Fabius [qui institua les Luperques sous Romulus : Prop. 4, 1, 26 || Q. Fabius Maximus, surnommé Cunctator, qui arrêta les succès d’Hannibal en Italie || Fabii, pl., les Fabius, la maison Fabia, les 306 Fabius qui périrent dans la guerre de Véies || Q. Fabius Pictor, historien latin, source fréquente de Liv. : Cic. Div. 1, 43 ; Liv. 1, 44, 2 || Fabius l’Allobrogique [vainqueur des Allobroges : Cic. Br. 107 || nom de Quintilien, célèbre rhéteur latin || -ĭus, a, um, de Fabius : lex Fabia Cic. Mur. 71, loi Fabia ; fornix Fabius Cic. Planc. 17, v. Fabianus || -ĭānus, a, um, de Fabius : fornix Fabianus, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 19, la voûte fabienne [arc de triomphe construit par Q. Fabius Maximus l’Allobrogique] || -iānī, ōrum, m., la tribu Fabia : Suet. Aug. 40.
